Sankalp India Foundation
 Lets Give Life a Better Chance | |
| Founded | 23 May 2003 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Students |
| Type | Non-Government Voluntary Organisation |
| Location | |
Area served | India |
| Website | http://www.sankalpindia.net/ |
Sankalp India Foundation is a Bangalore-based non-government organisation.[1] It a youth organisation working for blood donation, thalassemia and disaster relief.
Activities
Blood Donation
Since 2003,[2] it has been working for voluntary blood donation in Karnataka. A blood helpline is run by the organisation.[3] It also organizes several blood donation camps. It is one of the pioneer organisations which helps patients worldwide with a rare blood group "Bombay Blood Group" (also known as hh blood group).[4]
Thalassemia
It runs two day care centers in Bangalore for children suffering from Thalassemia.[5][6]
Disaster relief
Sankalp also participates in disaster relief activities. A few of the disasters in which it participated for relief are the Tsunami on the Indian sub continent,[7] Karnataka floods, Sikkim earthquake, J&K earthquake, and the Assam floods.[8]
Bone Marrow Trasplant
In collaboration with People Tree Hospitals and Cure2Children Foundation, Italy, Sankalp is also running Bone marrow transplant centre in Bangalore for Thalassemia Patients.[9]
Achievements
- AmeriCares India Jury's Choice ‘Spirit of Humanity Awards’ 2011[10]
- AmeriCares India Winner in Thalassemia category at ‘Spirit of Humanity Awards’ 2014[11]
- "Winner of Manthan Award Asia Pacific - 2013" under e-Health category.[12]
- Winner of The eNgo Challenge 2014 South Asia under "Organizational Efficiency" category[13]
References
- ^ [1] NGO connect: ‘Bombay Blood’ flown to Istanbul
- ^ [2] An appeal to donate blood
- ^ [3] State-wide helpline for blood launched
- ^ [4] Istanbul man finds blood donor in Bangalore
- ^ [5] Thalassemia: The growing challenge
- ^ [6] Thalassemia day care centre opened
- ^ [7] People remember Tsunami victims
- ^ Sourav Roy. "Water, Water, Everywhere". the-nri.com.
- ^ [8] Hope for Bengaluru kids with thalassemia
- ^ [9] AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 Winners
- ^ [10] AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 Winners
- ^ [11] Manthan Awards Asia Pacific 2013 Winner
- ^ [12] eNgo Challenge 2014 South Asia Winners 2014