About Us

Maya Charitable Trust, Reg. No. E-12373(Thane), established in 2021, is committed to supporting cancer patients with comprehensive care and improving educational access for underprivileged children, particularly those from migrant workers and Adivasi communities in Maharashtra. Additionally, the Trust is dedicated to advancing rural development in West Bengal, with a focus on sustainable community upliftment and growth. Our trust was inspired by personal experiences with cancer and a commitment to serve the society, and is associated with the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. 

Mission

Our mission is to provide holistic support for cancer patients, enhance educational opportunities for underprivileged children—especially those from migrant worker and Adivasi communities in Maharashtra—and drive sustainable rural development in West Bengal to uplift and empower communities. 

Our Journey

This journey began back in 2008, when my mother, Mrs. Maya Sarkar, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She was under treatment with some of the best doctors in the country at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. For nine months, she had to go through multiple sessions of chemotherapy, radiation, and a mastectomy surgery. During this period, I learned a lot about this disease and how important it is to have a good support system or a volunteer to guide us through the various steps. I also realized that there was a language barrier for a lot of patients visiting from West Bengal, since unfortunately, they were not that fluent in Hindi. I grew up in West Bengal and have lived in Mumbai for almost 30 years now, so I was well-versed in both. Later that year, my mother recovered from Cancer and this inspired me to give something back as an appreciation gesture. 

About 8 years later, my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer for the second time. During her illness, she made me promise that I would definitely, work on the idea of helping other patients through this difficult time and provide support to the patients and their families. Unfortunately, we lost her in 2018, and as a homage to my mother, Maya Charitable Trust was established, to support Cancer patients and underprivileged kids. 

Milestones

• Counseling and navigating cancer patients and their relatives

• Financial assistance to the underprivileged patients

• Donate food supplies and ration supplies such as wheat flour, rice, biscuit packets, soap bars, towels, hygiene, and oral care such as toothpaste and body soap to the underprivileged patients fighting Cancer

• Donate toy cars, coloring books and crayons to pediatric cancer patients

• Provide 100 beverages once a month to pediatric patients

• Provide 200 fruits every week to older Cancer patients

• Volunteer at Baggage Counter and Helpline Counter to assist patients in filling out registration forms and information regarding their files to help with the language barrier

• Provide pre-school education to the kids of the migrant workers

• Inculcate a hobby of reading and drawing amongst the kids

•  Provide breakfast items such as upma, poha and idli to the kids of the migrant workers

• Provide stationary items, bags, umbrellas and dresses to the underprivileged kids at Aanganwadi

• Provide blankets, pressure cookers, school supplies to the underprivileged people at Kolkata

• Conduct Eye check up camps in rural areas of West Bengal

Achievements

We have been recognized by the ImpaCCT Foundation at the Division of Paediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre for the support provided towards Childhood Cancer patients taking treatment at Tata Memorial Centre. Additionally, we are also recognized monthly for providing beverages to the pediatric cancer patients.