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Good deed to do for Makar Sankranti.
Happy Feet Home, India's first ever children's hospice, is a truly inspiring effort by 2 of my second-level friends: Abhishek Tatiya & Mansi Shah.
For happier children
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. These famous words by British novelist and essayist Edward Morgan Forster encapsulate the ideology of Happy Feet Home, India’s first and only free hospice for children suffering from terminal illnesses such as cancer, HIV and thalassemia. The brainchild of Mansi Shah and Abhishek Tatiya, the centre, which will be built at the Urban Health Centre of Dharavi Hospital, will be in collaboration with the Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital (better known as Sion Hospital).
When a child is terminally ill in India, they face a difficult road ahead. Their family is burdened with grief and expenses. Children are segregated from peers in their community due to a culture of fear and taboo for the terminally ill. When families from a rural area travel to a metropolitan city for medical support, they often have no place to live, turning to the streets. The lack of holistic medical and emotional support for a terminally ill child and their family exacerbates the grief and loss of hope. Enjoyable moments in the precious remaining time are limited. Two young entrepreneurs are changing this situation for the better by building India's first children's hospice center with the aim of ensuring that children and their family's last days together are filled with dignity and joy.
Mansi Shah and Abhishek Tatiya are hoping to provide holistic medical and emotional support through Happy Feet Home, a daytime center in Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (Sion Hospital) that will offer counseling, activities, and memorable moments for children and their families in their last days together. "Even if it is four months, let the child have the best four months ever," Mansi proclaims. "At Happy Feet Home, we're giving that kind of support and care. It's a child-friendly space, colorful, vibrant, and full of joy. You step in and feel happy," adds Abhishek.
Happy Feet Home's FB page: Happy Feet Home - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals | Facebook
Contributions can be made at: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/happy-feet-home--2
They need about Rs 80 Lakhs to bring this dream to reality. You can always help by contributing or spreading the word about Happy Feet Home.
To know more about them, covered in the media:-
Bidding adieu with a smile
A few good men and women
@KRAIT @third eye @Abingdonboy @Nair saab @kurup @kseeker @neehar @Sashan @Joe Shearer @joekrish @JAT BALWAN @Rajaraja Chola
Happy Feet Home, India's first ever children's hospice, is a truly inspiring effort by 2 of my second-level friends: Abhishek Tatiya & Mansi Shah.
For happier children
Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. These famous words by British novelist and essayist Edward Morgan Forster encapsulate the ideology of Happy Feet Home, India’s first and only free hospice for children suffering from terminal illnesses such as cancer, HIV and thalassemia. The brainchild of Mansi Shah and Abhishek Tatiya, the centre, which will be built at the Urban Health Centre of Dharavi Hospital, will be in collaboration with the Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital (better known as Sion Hospital).
When a child is terminally ill in India, they face a difficult road ahead. Their family is burdened with grief and expenses. Children are segregated from peers in their community due to a culture of fear and taboo for the terminally ill. When families from a rural area travel to a metropolitan city for medical support, they often have no place to live, turning to the streets. The lack of holistic medical and emotional support for a terminally ill child and their family exacerbates the grief and loss of hope. Enjoyable moments in the precious remaining time are limited. Two young entrepreneurs are changing this situation for the better by building India's first children's hospice center with the aim of ensuring that children and their family's last days together are filled with dignity and joy.
Mansi Shah and Abhishek Tatiya are hoping to provide holistic medical and emotional support through Happy Feet Home, a daytime center in Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (Sion Hospital) that will offer counseling, activities, and memorable moments for children and their families in their last days together. "Even if it is four months, let the child have the best four months ever," Mansi proclaims. "At Happy Feet Home, we're giving that kind of support and care. It's a child-friendly space, colorful, vibrant, and full of joy. You step in and feel happy," adds Abhishek.
Happy Feet Home's FB page: Happy Feet Home - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals | Facebook
Contributions can be made at: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/happy-feet-home--2
They need about Rs 80 Lakhs to bring this dream to reality. You can always help by contributing or spreading the word about Happy Feet Home.
Bidding adieu with a smile
A few good men and women
@KRAIT @third eye @Abingdonboy @Nair saab @kurup @kseeker @neehar @Sashan @Joe Shearer @joekrish @JAT BALWAN @Rajaraja Chola
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