Kindness Practice Foundation is an Indian not-for-profit organisation, registered as a section 8 company. It implements projects on sustainable living to reduce burden of noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health disorders and chronic conditions which are rising due to rise in stress, toxins and pollution. We focus on One health for all humans, other living beings and the planet via our sustainable living initiatives, and empower agents of change via training programs. Our initiatives include:
Reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs): Via Sustainable nutrition programs for chronic diseases like disease cancer, autoimmune and plant based diets. Projects include:
Cancer camps for underprivileged:
The burden of cancer is becoming an epidemic and many cancers are linked to current lifestyle, habits and diets. We focus on creating awareness for prevention and early diagnostics for early detection, which save lives.
Autoimmune support group: Supporting warriors with plant-based alternatives and releasing mental health burden, via online support group, conferences and camps. We invite nutrition experts, doctors, and autoimmune patients who have healed well to share tips with warriors.
Sustainable Nutrition change makers:
Through AWH™, we invite women leaders as members, provide training on Sustainable Nutrition, so that they can be the change makers for sustainable nutrition awareness and how it reduces disease burden. Each family, each office, one day at a time.
Sustainable living: To reduce CO2 emissions, toxic burden on the planet and promote thrift. Programs include thrift donations, farmers support for sustainable farming, plant based diets to reduce CO2 emissions.
Awareness: Via our digital platform, Unhurry® that creates awareness on sustainable living and sustainable nutrition via science backed research articles on One Health as connected for humans and planet.
Community: The Restore Awards®: Since 2019, we catalyst, NGO to recognise, support, and celebrate those working for one health – in nutrition, mental health, and sustainability.
CSR projects: We implement CSR projects for organisations committed to sustainable living, and reducing the burden of non-communicable chronic conditions in their employee and community base.
We began our journey in 2019. The mission to see an impact in all those suffering drove us to implement preventive health camps, projects and create awareness around the connection of human health with environmental health. Slowly, one person three and today we are blessed to have an esteemed advisory board that guides us, supports us and becomes the voice of ethics for us. Our team is growing too. Because when we look around, this is too much work to do.
Aradhna Chhachhi
CEO – Kindness Practice Foundation
Aradhna is a fertility, Nutrition in Pregnancy and Rehab Yoga specialist. She launched the mental health vertical of the foundation in Feb 2021 via Unhurry®, as she helped young people with mental health breakdowns during the lockdown. Through the last 7 years, her work in maternal health and helping people with pain has been recognised well. She spearheads the foundation initiatives and leads her team in running Unhurry®, The Restore Awards® and the foundation camps.
Sweety Patel
Assistant Nutritionist – Kindness Practice Foundation
Sweety is a dietician and assists on nutrition projects for the foundation. She is part of the core team for The Restore Awards® and works on on-boarding nominations for the Jury to decide the final winner for the awards. She also assists Dr Rachna in patient management and nutrition plans to help those struggling with health issues.
Rincy Dsouza
Assistant Manager, Kindness Practice Foundation
Rincy is a psychologist and collates scientific research for the connect between mental health, nutrition, and sustainability, which are published on Kindness digital platform called Unhurry®. She is also part of the core team for The Restore Awards® and works on on-boarding nominations for the Jury to decide the final winner for the awards.
Shravya Shetty
Office Assistant, Kindness Practice Foundation
Shravya is a microbiologist and brings rich experience from having worked with Tata Memorial. She brings in the research aspects for all the admin activities and planning for the foundation. She is also part of the core team for The Restore Awards® and works on on-boarding nominations for the Jury to decide the final winner for the awards.
Prabodh Bhambal
CFO – Kindness Practice Foundation
Prabodh brings in 25 years of rich experience in the non profit sector and 14 years at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) as Deputy Executive Director and CFO. At Kindness, he overseas project planning and financial planning for the all-India projects. He also heads the North region for Kindness.
Dr Rachna Chhachhi
Managing Director, Kindness Practice Foundation
Dr Rachna Chhachhi is a cancer, nutrition, mental health therapist and is a public health advocate by connecting human health to environmental health. She began Kindness in 2019. Author of 5 health books, her research is often published in medical journals, and she’s invited to international conferences as a keynote speaker. She has won awards for her work in well-being and sustainability, and is often covered in the press.
Vikram Chhachhi
Director – Kindness Practice Foundation
Vikram is Managing Director at DHR Global, India and leads the Consumer & Retail Practice in Asia Pacific. At Kindness, Vikram is committed to sensitising top leaders on the pertinent need to focus on and support mental health, malnutrition, neurodiversity, inclusion and sustainable initiatives within organisations.
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