Our Projects

Advocacy, Education & Support for all those touched by Diabetes

The Diabesties Foundation aims to empower individuals living with diabetes through a holistic and inclusive approach.‍

Our projects reinforce our commitment to dismantling the societal stigma surrounding diabetes and to illuminating the path to informed, integrated, and inclusive care for every individual affected by this condition.

Advocacy & Access

Education

Support

Advocacy & Access

DTours - Awareness Brings Change!

DTour is a diabetes awareness program focused on educating communities through targeted awareness sessions. Our team conducts outreach in schools, corporations, universities, NGOs, housing societies, and other social institutions, raising awareness about the types of diabetes, their signs and symptoms and diagnostic processes. Additionally, we also conduct free blood sugar testing drives to facilitate timely diagnosis wherever possible.

Project Mishti Gift A Life

Diabetes doesn’t discriminate, and neither should we. Through Project Mishti, our mission is to ensure that no child in India suffers or faces complications due to a lack of insulin or proper education. We raise funds to assist children from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve better clinical outcomes by providing access to free insulin and essential supplies and offer end-to-end peer counselling, with the support of our Certified Diabetes Educators

Project Sherni - Roaring for Women’s Health

An average Indian woman faces an increased risk of diabetes, and experiences a significant decline in her quality of life due the condition. Project Sherni aims to raise diabetes awareness, improve access to care and treatment, and foster a more equitable healthcare ecosystem for women across India.

Education

Constant learning is crucial for people with diabetes to navigate the many factors—like diet, exercise, stress, and medication—that impact daily management. However, the constant learning and unlearning can get overwhelming. With our learning and education programs, we help make this process more personalised, more collaborative and less prescriptive. This enables PwD to make better decisions and prevent complications, leading to healthier, more balanced lives.

Back2Basics - Learning Through Lived Experience

Back to Basics is one of our most valued and ambitious programs, offering personalised counselling sessions that cover key aspects of Type 1 Diabetes care. Led by a compassionate, certified team—including individuals with lived experience, healthcare professionals, psychologists, and caregivers—these sessions are free of cost and provide comprehensive support tailored to each participant's needs

Type 1 Tuition - Community Classroom for People With T1D

Type 1 Tuition is our weekly online workshop series, where we offer contextually relevant and culturally tailored workshops and Ask Us Anything sessions on a wide range of topics related to daily diabetes management. The sessions are informal, conversational, free of cost and open to people living with the condition as well as their caregivers. They are facilitated by our team of Certified Diabetes Educators and occasionally co-hosted by renowned Healthcare Professionals.

D-Coded - Diabetes Research Made Accessible

Why should one’s limited understanding of medical terminology, tech specs and research methodology come in the way of learning about their condition? D-coded is an endeavour to simplify complex research studies about Diabetes, and to make science accessible to everyone living with the condition. Through our website you can access articles that simplify the latest and greatest in diabetes language and present the findings in layman terms.

Support

Community and peer support are essential for people with diabetes, as they help combat feelings of isolation and despair by fostering connection and understanding. At Diabesties, our community engagement initiatives are designed to encourage PwD and their caregivers to share their experiences with others who face similar challenges. This helps in building resilience and providing the emotional strength that is required to deal with the day-to-day highs and lows of living with Diabetes.

Diameets - Meet Your Type 1 of A Kind Family

DiaMeets is a fun and supportive gathering for people living with Type 1 Diabetes and their caregivers! It's a space to connect, share stories, learn, laugh, and even check blood sugars together with others who understand the journey. Created to offer a light-hearted experience, DiaMeets provides a safe, open environment where the T1D community can comfortably talk about living with this lifelong autoimmune condition.

Caregivers Council - Caring for those who care for us!

At Diabesties, we understand the unique challenges caregivers of people with Type 1 Diabetes face. That’s why we created a support group by caregivers, for caregivers. It offers a space to share experiences, gain practical insights, and receive emotional support, with a focus on mental well-being to prevent burnout and provide comfort during challenging times.

Unwind - Mental Health Matters

With this project, we seek to address a critical missing piece in diabetes care: mental health. Type 1 Diabetes and mental well-being are deeply intertwined, and it's essential to recognize and manage both together. Through our initiative, we aim to "UNW1ND" the connection between them, helping people learn how to care for both their mental health and diabetes simultaneously.