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Community outreach

Outreach Activities

Camps, drives and field activities — the practical delivery of our community programmes.

In the field

The delivery end of the work

Outreach activities are where community programmes meet actual people: a screening camp in a village, a health education session at a school, a testing drive run with a partner clinic. They are also where programme design is tested against reality — what worked on paper often turns out to depend on assumptions that do not hold in the field.

Activities are run with local partners and staffed by a mix of Center personnel and volunteers. Every activity is designed with its follow-up already arranged, so that people who need care after the visit have somewhere defined to go.

Types of activity

What we run

Screening camps

Time-limited camps offering screening and sample collection at an accessible community site.

Testing drives

Focused drives for a specific condition, usually run with a partner clinic or public health team.

Health education sessions

Sessions in schools, workplaces and community centres on prevention and early detection.

Follow-up clinics

Return visits to deliver results, arrange referrals and reach those who did not attend.

Training for local staff

Building local capability so activities become less dependent on us over time.

Community consultation

Listening sessions to understand what a community needs before designing anything for it.

Volunteers make these possible

Outreach activities depend on volunteers — for registration, logistics, health education, translation and follow-up. No clinical background is required for many of these roles.

Volunteer with us

Upcoming activities will be listed here

Scheduled camps, drives and sessions, with dates and locations, will be published here and on our News & Events page as they are arranged.

Take part in outreach

Volunteer at an activity, host one in your community, or fund a visit to an area that has none.