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Buddy Project Helpline

We are here to hear! ❤️

Multilingual, psychosocial app-based helpline for people with diabetes led by volunteers with diabetes and caregivers.

About

The Blue Circle Buddy Project Helpline was launched in May 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, recognizing the urgent need for psychosocial and mental health support for people with diabetes and their families. The isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic heightened distress, anxiety, and depression—challenges that many people with diabetes already face. As India’s first psychosocial diabetes and mental health helpline, we continue to offer free, volunteer-led, app-based support in multiple languages. Our team consists of caregivers & people living with different types of diabetes, trained by the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy (Indian Law Society, Pune) and Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune to provide basic psychosocial and diabetes support. Our volunteers are fluent in English, Hindi, Dutch, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, and Punjabi, ensuring that support is available in a language that feels comfortable to you.

The numbers


Buddy Appointments
3000+
Minutes on calls
35,000+
Languages supported
9

To schedule a session with our buddies please download our app

Buddy Project Team

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    Snehal Nandagawli

    Type 1 Diabetic since 21 years

    English
    हिंदी
    मराठी

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    Nupur Lalvani

    Type 1 diabetic since 29 years

    English
    हिन्दी
    मराठी

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    Arvind Ramaswamy

    Type 2 Diabetic since 29+ years (Insulin-dependent since 2008)

    English
    தமிழ்
    తెలుగు
    हिन्दी

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    Sajan Goel

    हमको मधुमेह टाइप 1 (1986) 38 साल से है

    हिन्दी

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    Mouparna Srimani

    Diabetic since 6 years (LADA)

    বাংলা
    हिन्दी
    English

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    Sarala Chauhan

    Parent of a type 1 teenager

    English
    Dutch

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    Ruchika Kathuria

    Type 1 diabetic since 44 years, CDE, married

    English
    हिन्दी
    ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

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    Sonu Patel

    Type1 diabetic since last 8 years

    ગુજરાતી
    हिन्दी
    मराठी
    English

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    Madhura Damle

    Thriving with type 1 diabetes since 2017

    मराठी
    English
    हिन्दी