Est. 2026  ·  United States  ·  For India

ROZE

Reaching Out with Zero Exclusion  ·  Breast Cancer Awareness for India

“Because every woman deserves to be found.”

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Every two minutes, a woman in India receives a breast cancer diagnosis. Most will hear it too late. Not because medicine failed her — because no one told her to look.

The reality ROZE exists to change
Who we are

Born from the distance between knowing and not knowing

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Indian women — yet it remains shrouded in silence, stigma, and a devastating shortage of awareness. The women who need information most are often the last to receive it.

ROZE was founded in the United States by someone who understands what it means to love a country from a distance — and refuse to let that distance become an excuse. We raise awareness within the Indian-American community, educate, advocate, and channel every dollar raised to trusted organizations doing life-saving work in India.

We cannot be everywhere at once. But our voices carry. Our networks reach. And our resources travel.

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1 in 28
Indian women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime — a number rising every year
Indian Council of Medical Research
57%
of breast cancer cases in India are diagnosed at Stage III or IV, when survival is far harder
Lancet Oncology, 2022
higher survival rate when breast cancer is caught early — awareness is the single greatest intervention
World Health Organization

Late diagnosis is not a medical failure. It is an awareness failure.

In India, breast cancer carries deep social stigma. Women delay seeking care out of fear, shame, or simply because no one in their community has ever spoken openly about it. The conversation itself is the medicine. When women know what to look for — and feel safe enough to act — lives change.

That is exactly what ROZE funds: the conversations, the educators, the screeners, and the survivors willing to speak so others don't have to suffer in silence.

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What we do

Four ways we close the gap

01
Awareness campaigns

We educate the Indian-American diaspora and broader public through events, social media, and community conversations — making the invisible visible, one discussion at a time.

02
Purposeful fundraising

Every dollar raised is directed to vetted NGOs and clinics in India — funding free screenings, patient navigation, and community health workers who carry awareness into underserved areas.

03
Storytelling & voice

Survivor stories are the most powerful tool in awareness work. We amplify the voices of women in India — giving their experiences the audience they deserve and the dignity they have always been owed.

04
Strategic partnership

We build lasting relationships with established organizations on the ground in India — so that what we raise in the US creates measurable, accountable impact where it is needed most.

What guides us

The principles we will never compromise

Inclusion

No woman is too far away, too overlooked, or too quiet to deserve our reach. Distance — geographic or social — is never a reason to look away.

Dignity

We approach this cause and every woman it touches with reverence. Awareness work done without dignity causes its own harm. We will never reduce a woman to her diagnosis.

Accountability

Every rupee and every dollar is traced. We publish what we raise, where it goes, and what it accomplishes. Trust is not assumed — it is earned, continuously.

Connection

The Indian diaspora's greatest asset is its unbreakable bond with home. ROZE exists to transform that bond from longing into action.

“The most powerful thing the diaspora can do is refuse to forget the women it left behind. We refuse.

ROZE Foundation