/ārōkiyam/ “health”, in Tamil

Raising awareness of mental and physical health, for everyone, in the Tamil community.

Arokiyam pour toustes is a volunteer collective founded in January 2025. We connect health professionals and Tamil families, in French and in Tamil.

Participants of all ages listen closely to a talk, seated around tables

Next event

No event is announced right now. Our next gatherings are posted here and on Instagram.

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Our latest event

Who we are

Arokiyam means “health” in Tamil. Our collective raises awareness of mental and physical health in the Tamil community, openly and in both languages.

Awareness days, workshops, translated resources: we create spaces where generations meet, where people can ask their questions and learn about their rights.

Three smiling team members address the audience with a microphone

Health is our treasure, prevention is our ally and solidarity is our strength.

From Abisana’s poem, read by Suvetha on 13 September 2025

What we do

  • Prevention days and workshops

    Diabetes, heart health, early signs of cancer, women’s health: health professionals answer your questions, with Tamil interpretation.

  • Health rights

    Access to care, barriers, discrimination: we share information on patients’ rights and support the campaigns that defend them.

  • Solidarity

    In late 2025, together with the Jaffna Transgender Network, we launched a relief fundraiser after Cyclone Ditwah.

  • Resources to share

    A health information booklet to read online and pass on to your loved ones.

Health Awareness Day in the Tamil Community, 13 September 2025

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  • Participants of all ages listen closely to a talk, seated around tables
  • The audience seated at round tables in the reception hall
  • Two speakers present a workshop in front of a screen
  • Participants read information leaflets around a table
  • Health day, 13 September 2025, Bobigny City Hall, photo 33
  • Looking back on our women’s health workshop

    Photos from our awareness workshop on the health of South Asian women (focused on pelvic floor rehabilitation and pregnancy), part of the South Asian…

  • Relief fundraiser after Cyclone Ditwah

    Together with the Jaffna Transgender Network, Arokiyam pour toustes is sharing a fundraiser for Tamils affected by Cyclone Ditwah. Share, donate…

  • Patients have rights

    We are sharing @obs.med’s petition for patients’ rights. Visit their Instagram account (link in their bio) to sign it.

The team

Volunteers from many backgrounds: health, law, research, art, engineering, computing.

  • Soubattra
  • Roshan
  • Anamiga
  • Nirusha
  • Larissa
  • Maharajah
  • Viwayga
  • Suvetha
  • Abisana
  • Thulaciga

Practical information

Where?
Our events mostly take place in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), in partnership with the City of Bobigny.
In which language?
In French and Tamil, with interpretation or intercultural mediation.
How to take part?
Each event is announced here and on Instagram, with a registration link when registration is required.
A question?
contact@arokiyam.fr

Work with us

Health professional, association or institution: send us a message to work together or learn more.

Write to us