"15,231 infants died during 2008 – 09 in Tamilnadu, India. The only mistake committed by these babies was that they were born to poor mothers, who couldn’t afford quality health care and costly life saving treatments" Dear Friends, Wishing you all a very Happy, Healthy and a Prosperous New year ! Are you interested to present a new year gift of better health care to the poor children, by just giving away, not more than a pizza dinner or a multiplex movie ticket?? Your door to help a child is now just a click away...:-) Please check out the attachment.... Ekam foundation is partnering with another NGO, Disha ( http://disha.resolve.at) and is glad to announce the launch of our new community Pediatric health Coverage, *Paripoorna Bala Suraksha* project with a unique three tier model – (Government Health Insurance schemes - Paripoorna scheme- Comprehensive Pediatric Coverage - Ekam Health coverage) in February/ March 2010. *What is unique about Paripoorna?* It is a unique model aimed at providing health care to children below 18 years at three levels, complementing the government’s insurance scheme.
- For an insurance premium of just *Rs 221 per child per year*, the coverage includes all illnesses with no exclusion criteria. - The insurance premium for the poor children in Tier 2 is entirely borne by the community which will be handled by Equitas microfinance, Mafoi foundation and NGOs who can afford the premium. - Star Health Insurance plays the administrative part of operating funds in a purely service based model with a stop loss rather than a business model. *Who are the beneficiaries of Paripoorna ?* Ekam along with Disha has got to raise the premium for 10,000 very poor children including 5000 rag pickers, 3500 stone cutter/quarry worker children, construction worker children and migrant children, 1000 child beggars, 500 orphan and semi orphan children who may be normal or disabled, who cannot afford the premium. These children are identified by partner NGOs. *Fund Raising:* For Tier 2, we need to raise a sum of Rs.22.1 lakhs for 10,000 children for the pilot project in Chennai by February/March 2010. For Tier 3, we also need to raise Rs.60 lakhs for the coming year for 5 lakh poor and very poor children in Chennai which also includes children referred from tier 2 and regular Ekam referrals. *Be an Angel...* Let us all work towards the vision of Right to health for every child and ultimately no child should be refused of health care because of financial constraints, no parent should feel guilty of not able to give adequate health care and no doctor or hospital should feel guilty of refusing patients because of financial constraints. Kindly donate generously for the cause and help save the lives of the needy children in the society. You can make your donations by online transfer/cheque/ demand draft in favour of Ekam Foundation. Please find the details below. Kindly send an email notification to [email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>or [email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>in case of contribution to Ekam. Should you have any questions regarding our project, please feel free to contact us by phone or email. With best regards, Dr.SaiLakshmi. Paediatrician, Ekam Foundation Mobile No-9952043339. [email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> Our Website: http://www.ekamoneness.org/ *P.S: How to donate?* For Indian Donations, Donations in the form of Cheques or Demand Drafts can be sent in the name of *'Ekam foundation'* to the following address Dr.SaiLakshmi, Ekam foundation, New No. 16; Old No. 19, 2nd floor, Jayalakshmipuram 1st Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai- 34 Mobile No.9952043339. E-mail- [email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> http://www.ekamoneness.org/ Donations can be transferred online to the following account: EKAM Foundation ICICI Bank, Nungambakkam Branch Account number: 000905022614 IFSC Code - ICIC0000009 Account type - Current account. Please note that Ekam does not have 80G status currently. If you are expecting 80G exemption for your contribution, please inform us in advance (before transferring the money), so that we can be prepared to arrange 80G for you through the Mafoi Foundation. Please find the account details of the Mafoi foundation below: The Ma Foi Foundation Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Cathedral Road Branch Account Number - 0434357000000018 Account Type - Current account IFSC Code - LAVB0000434 *For US donations* we have linked up with Sewa USA for transfer of funds and tax exemption . People in US can also contribute via http://www.sewausa.org/contribute-sewa-usa *(But send a notification via email to *[email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> *)* Pls find the contact details below: Mr.Venkat Santanaraman Vice President Sewa International USA Ph: 713-244-4992 713-244-4992; . Email: [email protected]<http://in.mc950.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> Sewa International P. O. Box 14622 Fremont, CA 94539
