About saranam
saranam was conceptualized with the objective of relieving serious health-related suffering by creating access to integrated palliative care for those with chronic and life limiting conditions, the elderly, and the disadvantaged.
saranam will address the ability for family members and care-givers to cope with the challenges of such suffering.
saranam is an initiative of The Sheltr Foundation, a not-for-profit, grassroots, philanthropic organization, registered as a Sec 8 company under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Relieving physical suffering through accessible, continuous medical care — across settings and stages of illness.
Supporting emotional, social, cultural, and spiritual needs — for individuals, families, and caregivers.
Grounded in global best practices and adapted to local realities, cultures, and contexts.
Our Services
Healing across the Care Spectrum
We work across the continuum of palliative care—addressing medical, emotional, social, and systemic needs to support patients, families, and communities with dignity.
Access to Care & Medicines
Awareness & Education Campaigns
Engaged Community Networks
Psycho-social
Support
Future Care
Planning
Grief & Bereavement Support
Volunteering & Capacity Building
Minority-sensitive
Care
Advocacy & Policy Change
Our Vision
To integrate palliative and end of life care into mainstream public healthcare systems — to alleviate serious health-related suffering.
We envision a future where access to compassionate, high-quality palliative and end-of-life care is recognised as a fundamental human right — available to everyone, regardless of social, economic, or geographic circumstances.
Saranam seeks to lead this transformation by ensuring dignity, comfort, and compassionate support for individuals and families living with serious illness.
Our Impact
Our Donors
Our Well Wishers
Sangeeta and Mahendran Balachandran, Towards Equal Foundation
Prashanth and Amitha Prakash
Azim Premji Foundation (APF)
George Thomas
The Mankikar Family
Anish & Vinita
Trishta Ramamurthy
Meera Ramachandran
Prof. Rajeevan
Vinod Kurup
Sathish V
Devyani and Akshay Shetty
Prakash and Anjali Mallya
Rajesh Saligram
Shweta Kumar
Abhilash Nair and Priya Pillai
Mahesha Udipi
Vinod Nambiar
Rohit Raj and Rakshita Swamy
Anuradha and Sharath Hegde
Srinivas Lingam
Santosh and Jaya Nair
Aashu Calapa
Abraham Thomas
FR Singhvi & P Singhvi Trust
Karpagavalli and TCM
Vijay Sharma
Meera and Rahul Saxena
The Banyan Tree Advisors
CMR University
Akila and KK - The MELA Foundation
Rohit MA
Cloud 9 Family
Felix Advisory
Murugappa Group
Pharmed Foundation
Vijay Iyer
Preethi Madappa
Arun Ramachandran
Leena Janardanan
Deepak Karal
Sid Mavinkurve
Ramya Sharma
Anjali Rao
Vasanthi Naidu
Ajit Apte
Kedar
Titus Arnold
Subash and Mahalakshmi
