Sankalp India Foundation

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Sankalp India Foundation
Founded23 May 2003
FounderStudents
TypeNon-Government Voluntary Organisation
Location
Area served
India
Website http://www.sankalpindia.net

Sankalp India Foundation is a Bangalore-based non-government organisation. [1] It is a youth organisation working for blood donation, thalassemia, bone marrow transplantation and disaster relief.[ citation needed ]

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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 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 organizes several blood donation camps. It has conducted extensive work regarding the 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, prevention and care

Sankalp India Foundation runs several day care centers across South and West India for patients suffering from thalassemia and related blood disorders:

Its StopThalassemia campaign is an initiative of Sankalp India Foundation to strengthen thalassemia prevention by focusing on antenatal screening. The campaign provides screening services to pregnant women and their husbands in the first trimester of their pregnancy. The following maternity centres are part of the campaign:

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. [10] In May 2017, the organisation has started a new bone marrow transplantation center in collaboration with Care Institute of Medical Science, Ahmedabad. In November 2017 Sankalp connected to MY Hospital, Indore for a new bone marrow transplantation program, which started in March 2018. [11] a new centre started in June 2021 at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bangalore. The organisation performed more than 500 transplants for patients with thalassemia until December 2022.

Disaster relief

The organization 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, [12] Karnataka floods, Sikkim earthquake, J&K earthquake, and the Assam floods. [13]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "NGO connect: 'Bombay Blood' flown to Istanbul". Deccan Chronicle . Archived from the original on 28 October 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "An appeal to donate blood". The Hindu . 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "State-wide helpline for blood launched". The Hindu. 17 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Rao R, Sunitha (7 March 2003). "Istanbul man finds blood donor in Bangalore". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Agarwal, RK; Dhanya, R; Parmar, LG; et al. (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. doi: 10.4103/0973-6247.150942 . PMC   4339926 . PMID   25722568.
  6. ↑ Agarwal, RK; Periyavan, S; Dhanya, R; et al. (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. doi: 10.4103/0973-6247.165840 . PMC   4782495 . PMID   27011671.
  7. ↑ "Thalassemia day care centre opened". The New Indian Express. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Thalassemia: The growing challenge". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Thalassaemia day-care centre to open today". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Hope for Bengaluru kids with thalassemia". The Times of India. 28 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "MY Hospital eyes high rate of success in BMT". The Times of India. 17 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "People remember Tsunami victims". The Times of India. Bangalore. TNN. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Roy, Sourav. "Water, Water, Everywhere". the-nri.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2011 Winners". americaresindia.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards 2014 Winners". americaresindia.org. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "NGOs from across India felicitated at 7th Spirit of Humanity Awards 2016". pharmabiz.com. Mumbai. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  17. ↑ "Winner of Manthan Award Asia Pacific - 2013". manthanaward.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  18. ↑ "Winner 2014". engochallenge.org. eNgo Challenge. 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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