Est. 2026 · United States · For India
Reaching Out with Zero Exclusion · Breast Cancer Awareness for India
“Because every woman deserves to be found.”
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 changeBreast 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.
See how we work →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.
Join us in changing thisWe educate the Indian-American diaspora and broader public through events, social media, and community conversations — making the invisible visible, one discussion at a time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A single donation funds a screening that catches a cancer early. An early catch changes everything — survival rates, treatment options, and the story a woman gets to tell her children.