AILAR

Founded in 1947, AILAR is a non-profit association based in Milano, Italy working on health, community development, mental health.

AILAR, the Associazione Italiana Laringectomizzati, is a volunteer organisation founded in 1947 to assist people who have undergone total or partial laryngectomy, mainly due to head and neck cancer. Its volunteers, many of them former patients trained as rehabilitation caregivers, support patients and their families from diagnosis through treatment, vocal rehabilitation and social reintegration. The association runs rehabilitation centres across Italy, through sections in Brescia, Treviglio, Rome-Lazio and a national section in Milan. It also promotes cancer prevention and healthy lifestyles, takes part in national, regional and provincial working groups on patients' rights, and develops the La Mia Voce communication app. AILAR operates on a not-for-profit basis and is registered as an ONLUS.