FACTS: Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is responsible for about 10 million deaths per year. Globally, about 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer. The problem is huge in India too and it creates havoc in the lives of many families.
Through this crowdfunding campaign and with your help I would like to help cancer patients from poor homes who are suffering from cancer by funding their chemotherapy. The biggest challenge for many is funding the cost of treatment.
The Rotary Club Of Worli Bombay Trust is partnering with the Tata Memorial Hospital for this initiative. The cost of chemotherapy is different for different treatments. The Rotary Club of Bombay Worli will fund INR 3000 per patient per session and any difference in the costs will be covered by the hospital. This initiative aims to raise INR 60L and impact 500 underprivileged cancer patients for an entire year. Each of them will get 4 free sessions through this campaign.
Fund INR 6000, for example, and help an underprivileged cancer patient with 2 chemotherapy sessions.
ABOUT ME
My name is Rtn VIKRAM S CHOPRA . I am a member of the Rotary Club of Worli Bombay Trust.
I got to know about crowdfunding and how I can help the underprivileged suffering from Cancer. It definitely sounded like something I would want to do. Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is responsible for about 10 million deaths per year. This initiative of mine is to help cancer patients (both young and old) from low-income homes with free chemotherapy sessions. This is being done at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.
While all of us complain about how things around us need to improve, very few of us actually get to do something about it. Thanks to the tie-up with Rotary the cost of chemotherapy is done at a cost of just INR 3000 per session. Each of them will get 4 free sessions through this campaign. In total, my fellow Rotarians and I aim to impact 500 Cancer patients for an entire year. This works out to 500*4*3000 = INR 60L in total.
Please do support this campaign and let us together help create a cancer-free society. An act of kindness from you will help transform the life of an underprivileged person suffering from cancer.
A FEW OF THE PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS INITIATIVE
WHERE IS THIS DONE?
ABOUT ROTARY CLUB OF WORLI BOMBAY TRUST
Rotary Club of Bombay Worli was founded in 1987, with its founder Members ( known as Charter Members), wanting to establish an institution devoted to the ideals of Fellowship through service. In the last 27 years, it has a magnificent track record of projects, fellowships and events. Our members are leaders of different vocations and united by the common cause of service to mankind. Since its inception, the pulse of Rotary Worli has been Community Service through fellowship.
TAX BENEFITS
Funding to this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as Rotary Club Of Worli Bombay Trust is a registered & you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act.
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET
To ensure that there is complete transparency I shall get a report from Rotary ( this takes between 3 to 6 months usually after the funds are raised & transferred to them) telling me who benefitted from the funding. The details will then be posted on the UPDATES section of my campaign. As soon as I post an update, the platform will send an EMAIL alert to all the funders - i.e to you. Click on the link on the email and you can read about which patient benefitted. That's transparent right.
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of how the money was spent?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to the Rotary Club of Bombay Worli. A report shall be uploaded to the UPDATES section of this campaign with details of how the funds were used. You will then get an alert & can read details about the impact we have made and how the monies have been spent.
When do I get the receipts?
It takes up to 2 weeks after the campaign is closed for the funds to be transferred to the NGO. The receipts will start getting processed about 4 to 6 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly. The receipts will be sent by the Rotary Club of Bombay Worli Trust.
How does crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding in India is a relatively new concept & is growing very quickly.
It’s a concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream.com is a crowdfunding platform in India that allows for such pooling of funds. You can fund innovations & ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding. When you fund a charity it’s more like a donation & you get small innovative rewards like a shout-out on an FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.
