Behnam Daheshpour Charity Organization

Behnam Daheshpoor Charity Organization is a non-governmental (NGO) and non-benefit organization that was established in 1995 based on the ideas and diligences of Mr. Behnam Daheshpoor. Behnam was deceased on Feb. 22, 1996 by cancer and this route was continued by support of sponsors and volunteers from 2010 after obtaining the related legal permits.This organization intends to build a society free of cancer phobia and to offer preventive, supportive, and medical services by support of one of its volunteer groups. This organization provides drugs, treatment, and other peripheral and supportive services to cancer-suffering patients and their families during their treatment period. The other services include equipping active academic and governmental centers in cancer services, offering premature cancer diagnosis plans, designing and implementing cancer training and preventive campaigns, execution of research projects, informing and trying to remove incorrect beliefs about cancer, supporting and guiding donors and charity organizations, empowering colleague organizations in other cities, attracting social participations, and developing voluntarily culture.Upon its establishment, in addition to helping cancer-suffering patients, this organization has equipped hospitals and academic training centers (such as Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Torfeh Hospital, Taleghani Hospital, Mofid Hospital, Emam Hossein Hospital, Birjand Radiotherapy Center) and has tried to promote quality and quantity of treatment and to decrease medical costs.Such medical centers have selected this organization due to ease of accessibility to all the insurance companies, low medical tariffs, and experienced scientific personnel.This organization has obtained the consultative post in the Economic-Social Council of UN (ECOSOC). In addition, performances and activities of this organization have been evaluated during seven successive courses by international standards such as NGO Benchmarking (SGS), and this organization has obtained higher certificates and ranks in this area. In compliance with accessibility to the up-to-date and standard data about cancer disease, this organization joined International Cancer Control Union (UICC) in 2018. Also, from 2014, this organization has tried to form and join the respective specialized networks including Charity Organizations National Network, Non-epidemic Diseases Network, and other non-governmental centers pertaining to cancer toward synergy and communicating experiences and development of services and support in national level   Behnam Daheshpour Charity Organization is a charitable, non-profit, nongovernmental and non-political organization that provides support services to cancer patients free from any discrimination. In addition, by helping to equip and develop standard centers for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, along with public information, it strives to promote and improve the individual and public health of the community.Mission statement:1. To design and implement effective measure for prevention and modification of life style (level 1), premature diagnosis (level 2), and to help cancer-suffering patients to increase their life quality (level 3) in the national management plans and cancer control.2. To support cancer-suffering patients and their families without limitation about age, nationality, religion, type and stage of disease.3. To attract material and moral participation of donors and benefactors; to foster voluntarily working culture towards accomplishment of organizational mission and perspective.4. To facilitate accessibility to premature diagnosis and standard treatment services by identifying and developing the available potential capacities in the governmental-academic and charity control and treatment centers; tofacilitate converting the potential capacities to de facto capacities towards increment of quality and quantity of services; and to help decrement of medical costs for all people.5. To inform people towards changing incorrect beliefs about cancer and to help modification of life style for all people.