THE BACKDROP
There are thousands of children like Adithi who need our help.
Congenital Heart Disorders (CHD) are ailments that affect children at birth or at a young age. According to experts, one in every hundred children suffers from a heart ailment. Heart surgeries performed on children cost typically between 2.5L to 5L depending on the case and complexity. This makes it hard for parents from low-income communities to be able to give their children a healthy life.
THE SOLUTION
The Chennai based NGO Hearts for Hearts Charitable Trust (H4H) is performing these surgeries at a much lower cost of INR 60000 to 1.5L depending on the case and complexity. Funds from voluntary donors and organizations will take care of a part of the costs. This campaign aims to fund the shortfall of INR 40000 per surgery.
Children are operated at the Public Health Centre (PHC) and are provided with free accommodation at Udavum Karangal, an NGO near Chennai. This is a relief for outstation patients as finding accommodation in Chennai can be difficult and expensive.
THE IMPACT
IMAGES OF BABY SHARMILA POST SURGERY
HOW IT WORKS
ABOUT ME
My name is DR SREEMATHI SESHADRINATHAN. I am a concerned citizen.
This crowdfunding campaign is directed to uplift the lives of the socio-economically underprivileged children of society. Healthcare, which I believe is a fundamental human right, is out of the reach of so many families in Tamil Nadu and children suffering from major health complications are unable to get treated properly because of the exorbitant costs of treatment.
Healthcare is a basic necessity that should be available to everyone irrespective of their financial capabilities. The fact that heart surgery can be done at such a comparatively low cost is another reason why I decided to do this campaign. Children with heart diseases need not suffer in hospitals. Doing this ensures that one more child gets a chance to go out and play and live a normal life rather than suffer in a hospital room.
I sincerely request you to support me in this endeavour so that we can help save the precious lives of these children.
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY OF MUMTHAZ
THE COST BREAK UP
ABOUT THE PARTNERS
HEARTS FOR HEARTS
Hearts for Hearts (H4H) is a public charitable trust started by Dr. Sreemathi Seshadrinathan. It focuses on free cardiac surgery for the deprived. It was founded on 28th July 2011. Hearts for Hearts believes that everyone is entitled to quality healthcare. SOCAN (Solution for Cardiac Afflicted Needy) is a project under Hearts for Hearts (H4H). Under this project, the following is done:
1. Detection in Camps.
2. Transportation and Accommodation
3. Preparation for surgery
4. Performing surgery
5. Periodical follow-up
This is done in partnership with PHC and Udhavum Karangal.
ABOUT PHC
Public Health Centre is a community medical centre run by the Public Health and Welfare Society, a voluntary social body. It was started by Shri. M C Subrahmanyam in a hut in 1953 when the area was like a village lacking in basic civic amenities. Now it is a 150-bed hospital, with a full-fledged Cardiac Department with a Modern State of art Operation Theatre and Cathlab Facility.
Charges for the services available are nominal and affordable. Its a household name in and around this area, most of the families avail the medical services available here at some stage or the other. The success story of Public Health Centre is largely a legacy of collective efforts by the dedicated doctors, philanthropic donors, selfless volunteers and devoted staff.
ABOUT UDHAVUM KARANGAL
Udavum Karangal believes that everyone deserves to be loved. There have been many, from newborn babies to dying destitute, who have found a home here. The centre provides individualized services – treatment, care, rehabilitation and education. They also reach out to the community needs.
MISSION SAMRIDDHI
Mission Samriddhi is a social impact enterprise dedicated to holistic human development in India through the design and development of projects that are sustainable and capable of scale to positively impact the larger population. They support existing initiatives, harnessing energy and passion, providing the support required to address constraints, while building sustainable models in association with project partners. Commit to a strong and prosperous India.
LOCATIONS
TAX BENEFITS
Funding to this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as Hearts For Hearts is a registered trust and you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act. Foreign funding is not accepted.
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET
To ensure that there is complete transparency a report from the hospital ( this takes between 1 to 2 months usually after the funds are raised and transferred) about who benefitted from the funding will be updated. The details will then be posted on the UPDATES section of my campaign and will be in a format like the one below. As soon as the update is posted, 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 child benefitted. That's transparent right?
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of the child who benefitted?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to Hearts For Hearts. It will take 1-2 months after that to get details of who the beneficiary child was with details of her parents, her picture etc. Once I get this information from the team, I shall upload this on the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert and can read details about the beneficiary.
When do I get the receipts?
It takes a week after the campaign is closed for the monies to be transferred. The receipts will start getting processed about 2 to 3 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.
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After the funds are received and the above details are verified, the fund amount will be transferred to the respective campaign. This can take from 1-3 working days.
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