PROJECT MUDITA :
As a part of Project Mudita, I and my friends from the Hill Spring International school are raising funds to help and support cancer patients. Mudita is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘joy’ and the project aims to convey that no one should face cancer alone and together we can bring joy and help improve their lives.
Project Mudita was started by a group of students at Hill Spring as a fun fair event to create awareness about the day-to-day problems of cancer patients. We had visited cancer patients at TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL last year and distributed cancer Kits to patients at the hospital. The family of these patients were truly happy. We then realized while talking to them that their biggest concern and pain point was their stay in Mumbai.
The team at the NGO V Care foundation assists these patients with their financial, moral and medical needs. For those who come from villages for cancer treatment taking care of their stay eliminates a lot of stress both financially and mentally. Our initiative with V Care Foundation is to provide a stay close to the hospital to the patients and their caregivers during the course of their treatment.
Most of them average a stay of 90 days for all their chemo and other treatments. The minimum cost of providing stay to a cancer patient and his family (for a maximum of 4 members ) would be just INR 500 per day which works out to about INR 15000 over a 30 day period.
HELP ME RAISE INR 15000 AND IMPACT ONE CANCER PATIENT FOR A MONTH.
HOW ARE WE DOING THIS?
I am doing this crowdfunding campaign in partnership with the Mumbai based NGO, V CARE FOUNDATION. They are a voluntary support group dedicated to providing free help, hope, awareness, and education to cancer patients and their families through outreach programs and services that improve the quality of their lives.
Since the V CARE FOUNDATION is an NGO, any funding made to this campaign is eligible for tax exemption under 80G of IT Act 196. They accept payments from outside India as well.
The money raised will be given directly after the campaign ends to V CARE FOUNDATION. They will then use the funds to provide stay to cancer patients and their family. You will get an update on which of the patient and his family have been benefitted from your funding. THIS CAMPAIGN HAS 80G TAX BENEFITS.
ABOUT ME & THIS CAMPAIGN
My name is Siddh Mehta and I am studying in the 11 Class at Hill Spring International School.
I have undertaken this campaign because I feel for all those families and patients that have to go through the difficult journey of cancer. Although there are several people and organisations which sponsor the treatment of financially stressed patients, there are very few that help out with an issue that is equally important. "STAY".
Let's make a difference so that families with cancer patients are able to live at ease in clean homes. This allows patients to go through their rehabilitation process smoothly and be less stressed and more optimistic about the future as happiness is the most important cure for this disease. Every small contribution makes a difference, so please support this campaign and share it on social media.
Please support my campaign and let us together bring confidence and change into the lives of these cancer patients. Please fund this campaign and also share it on social media.
PICTURE OF A TYPICAL PLACE TO STAY :
OUR PARTNER
V Care Foundation is a voluntary support group dedicated to providing free help, hope, awareness and education to cancer patients and their families through outreach programs and services that improve the quality of their lives.
V Care Foundation is based in Mumbai and started by Ms. Vandana Gupta. She was diagnosed with a form of Cancer known as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 24 years back and survived it with COURAGE and FAITH. It was this very adamant determination, that made her realize that she should give back to the society with the knowledge of being on the other side of Cancer Journey. That became her promise, that became her mission. Setting up of V Care was instrumental in her emotional recovery. Cancer gave her patience, perspective and gratitude. Through her survivorship, she is able to provide hope to others.
The team at V Care unite for the patients, the fighters, for the families, the caregivers, and the friends who are no longer with us.
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TAX BENEFITS
Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as NGO is a registered trust & you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act. Foreign funding is accepted too.
FEEDBACK :
Feedback on how the funds have been used will be given as per the sample format below. This will help you understand how your funds have been utilized.
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of the people who benefitted?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred to V Care Foundation. It will take from 3 to 6 months after that to get details of who the beneficiary was with details of them. Once I get this information from the team at V Care, I shall upload this on the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert & can read details about the beneficiaries.
What are the crowdfunding charges?
Fueladream charges 3% for the payment gateway and 9% as crowdfunding charges. GST is extra. There is also an initial fee of 3000 INR which is being waived for us.
When do I get the receipts?
It takes up to 2 weeks after the campaign is closed for the monies to be transferred. The receipts will start getting processed about 2 to 4 weeks AFTER the money has been transferred to V Care Foundation. The receipts will be sent to you directly.
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 a 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 FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.
