Grace Projects
New Grace Project
For two years, from 2018 to 2021, 64 cancer patients received a monthly payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees only one thousand) into their personal bank accounts. These recipients are from very low socioeconomic backgrounds because local parish priests nominated them. Close relatives are invited to a meeting once every four months to receive regular information on the beneficiaries. Beneficiaries' homes are visited every three months. In addition, additional cancer patients who are not part of the program are each given Rs. 1000. Most of these patients are from the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. At present, due to financial struggles and reduced interest rates, the number of beneficiaries is reduced to 35. We thank all the members for their support and also everyone who contributes to this cause.
Grace Pain and Palliative Care Unit, Bethany Ashram, Trppaadam
The GRACE (Archbishop Mar Gregorios Cancer Endowment), Nalanchira, Bethany Navajeevan province launched a palliative care unit in Bethany Ashram, Shantigiri, Kulapada later shifted to Trppadam, in the year 2010, taking into consideration the impoverished situation of the numerous terminally ill people in Nedumangad civil Taluk and nearby.