A new 10‑unit “Home Away from Home” centre was inaugurated at the MAHE campus in Manipal to support paediatric bone marrow transplant patients treated at Kasturba Hospital.
The centre provides free accommodation, nutrition, transportation, counselling and non‑formal education for children and their caregivers, aiming to reduce treatment abandonment.
Access Life now operates 14 centres across 10 cities, supporting up to 228 families simultaneously and has assisted over 10,500 beneficiaries nationwide; the first 12‑unit centre in Manipal opened in April 2022 and has helped nearly 350 families.
The initiative is a collaboration between Access Life, MAHE and the Chellaram Foundation, with MAHE providing space free of rent and Chellaram Foundation offering philanthropic support.
