Sankalp India Foundation
 Lets Give Life a Better Chance | |
| Motto | 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
Voluntary 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]
Sankalp India Foundation has done extensive work in the areas of quality and safety of blood donation camps, studying the extent of non-compliance[5] and adverse donor events[6] blood banks in voluntary blood donation camps.
Thalassemia Management
It runs three day care centers in; two in Bangalore and one in Belgaum for children suffering from Thalassemia.[7][8]
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,[9] Karnataka floods, Sikkim earthquake, J&K earthquake, and the Assam floods.[10]
Bone Marrow Transplant
Sankalp India Foundation has been offering bone marrow transplantation for patients suffering from thalassemia. The organisation started the first bone marrow transplantation center In collaboration with People Tree Hospitals and Cure2Children Foundation, Italy in Bangalore in August 2015.[11]. In May 2017, the organisation has started a new bone marrow transplantation center in collaboration with Care Institute of Medical Science, Ahmedabad.
Achievements
- AmeriCares India Jury's Choice ‘Spirit of Humanity Awards’ 2011[12]
- AmeriCares India Winner in Thalassemia category at ‘Spirit of Humanity Awards’ 2014[13]
- "Winner of Manthan Award Asia Pacific - 2013" under e-Health category.[14]
- Winner of The eNgo Challenge 2014 South Asia under "Organizational Efficiency" category[15]
- AmeriCares India Winner in child care category at ‘Spirit of Humanity Awards’ 2016[16]
References
- ↑ NGO connect: ‘Bombay Blood’ flown to Istanbul
- ↑ An appeal to donate blood
- ↑ State-wide helpline for blood launched
- ↑ Istanbul man finds blood donor in Bangalore
- ↑ Agarwal, RK; Dhanya, R; Parmar, LG; Vaish, A; Sedai, A; Periyavan, S (1 January 2015). "A study of the noncompliance of blood banks on safety and quality parameters in blood donation camps in Bengaluru". Asian journal of transfusion science. 9 (1): 23–8. PMID 25722568.
- ↑ Agarwal, RK; Periyavan, S; Dhanya, R; Parmar, LG; Sedai, A; Ankita, K; Vaish, A; Sharma, R; Gowda, P (1 February 2016). "Complications related to blood donation: A multicenter study of the prevalence and influencing factors in voluntary blood donation camps in Karnataka, India". Asian journal of transfusion science. 10 (1): 53–8. PMID 27011671.
- ↑ Thalassemia: The growing challenge
- ↑ Thalassemia day care centre opened
- ↑ People remember Tsunami victims
- ↑ Sourav Roy. "Water, Water, Everywhere". the-nri.com.
- ↑ Hope for Bengaluru kids with thalassemia
- ↑ AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 Winners
- ↑ AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 Winners
- ↑ Manthan Awards Asia Pacific 2013 Winner
- ↑ eNgo Challenge 2014 South Asia Winners 2014
- ↑ AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2016 Winners