Care as a shared social responsibility.
Our community programmes network includes trained neighbours, students, and well-wishers who make sure no patient is left unsupported. In 2025, 109 active volunteers walked alongside our families.
A familiar presence, beyond the clinical.
Volunteers are a core strength of Arike - enabling compassionate, continuous, and culturally sensitive care that reaches far past the clinical visit.
109
active volunteers in 2025
Emotional companionship
Active listening and steady presence for patients facing loneliness and end-of-life fears.
Everyday practical help
Support with basic care, hygiene, and household needs that families struggle to manage alone.
A bridge to the team
Keeping families and the clinical team connected, so care stays continuous and timely.
Care within reach
Making home-based care accessible right at the community level.
Shared ownership
Building participation so home care belongs to the whole community, not just professionals.
Reaching far beyond clinical care.
Each programme is a standing part of how Arike works - a deliberate way of carrying care, dignity, and belonging beyond the clinical visit and into everyday life.
Koode Volunteer
Building Community Capacity
Koode Volunteer is the foundation of Arike's community model. It transforms local residents into trained, organised volunteers who extend Arike's care capacity beyond paid staff, creating a sustainable network of compassionate community support.
The volunteer programme includes comprehensive training in patient care, communication skills, emotional support, and managing one's own grief and burnout. Volunteers progress through tiered roles: companions, home helpers, peer educators, and community coordinators. Ongoing support includes monthly reflection circles, mentorship, and recognition.
Sustained Community Care
Koode Volunteers describe the experience as transformative. Many report finding deeper purpose and community belonging through the work. Patients and families experience care that is both professionally trained and genuinely neighbourhood-based. The volunteer model proves that palliative care is not just a health intervention but a community practice.
Strengthening the wider ecosystem.
Arike views capacity building as a core responsibility - training doctors, nurses, volunteers, students, and caregivers to strengthen home care across the region.
Foundation Course in Home Medicine
CCCPN - Certificate Course in Community Home Nursing
Specialised Ostomy-Care Training
Volunteers Course in Home Care (VCPC)
120-day Certificate Course in Home Care Nursing
10-day Foundation Course & Volunteer Training
No patient left isolated by geography.
Arike operates at the intersection of medical science and social responsibility, partnering across hospitals, NGOs, hospices, student initiatives, and national bodies.
Hospitals
- District Hospital, Aluva
- Sri Sudheendra Medical Mission Hospital
NGOs & Government Centres
- MEHAC Foundation
- UDBODH Dementia Daycare, Pachalam
- MIND (Mobility in Dystrophy)
Community & Students
- ESIP - Ernakulam Students Initiative in Home Care
Hospice
- Jeremiah Betrony Home Care
National & Professional Bodies
- IAPC Kerala
- Pallium India, Trivandrum
Become part of our community.
Whether you have four hours or a lifetime to give, there is a place for you in this community of care.
Volunteer with Arike
