How you can helpOur activity in PRAY runs completely on donations by generous people of the community. We therefore appeal to each and every one of you to contribute generously to help us increase our activity and provide relief to the needy patients. As has been shown, the money needed to help our patients is much more than what we are currently able to generate and allocate. Our patients require long-term funding over their lives. Thus, we require a constant stream of flow of money. We therefore humbly exhort you to become a monthly donor to our organisation. We also present various other options below that you can choose, in order to help us in our endeavour. Of course, you can always contribute a general donation to our organisation which does not come under the following options.
1. Adopt a needy patient for dialysis We currently have around 84 patients who are undergoing renal problems. For these, we completely support around 350 dialysis per month. This has become our largest fund requirement over time. Typically, patients require 8-12 dialysis procedures per month depending on the severity of the problem. The cost of each dialysis on an average works out to be Rs 650/- to Rs. 800/-. Out of the total requirement of Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 10,000 dialysis per month per patient, we are currently able to give Rs 3,000 to them, which is adequate only for 4 dialysis procedures. We request you to help us to provide this life-saving procedure to the needy patients. You can either fund one dialysis per month (Rs. 1000/-) or fund a patient (Rs 10,000/-) for a full month, or adopt a patient for dialysis (Rs 10,000/- per month on an ongoing basis). Please click here to obtain the donation form.
2. Sponsor an operation and help save a life We at PRAY help fund the cost of surgeries, especially heart and kidney operations. As you are aware, we are currently unable to meet the complete requirements of the patients, even after assisting them to obtain funds and concessions from all possible sources. The likely cost of an operation for various procedures after obtaining all concessions is given below. This is the money that would be required per operation to meet the needs of the patient completely. Unfortunately, we are still only able to part-finance this, resulting in the patient having to raise money from other sources. This usually results in their waiting till they are able to get the money, but their condition also deteriorates more rapidly. We request you to give your charity towards funding at least one such operation by meeting the Cost after concession obtained from all sources and saving a precious life. Please click here to obtain the donation form.
3. Help a patient with cancer get adequate treatment and help save a life We presently have around 70 patients who are facing the scourge of cancer. In Chemotherapy, each cycle, usually once in a month, costs Rs 12,000/- to 25,000/-. Thus the total treatment costs per patient (six cycles) is around Rs 72,000/- to Rs 1,50,000/-. The costs for treatment through radiotherapy are similar. Out of the total requirement of around Rs xx, we are only able to spend Rs xx. For the remaining amounts, the patients are forced to depend on other organisations or raise money on their own. We request you to help us to provide this life-saving treatment to the needy patients. You can either fund one cycle per month (Rs. 12000/-) or fund a patient to recover completely (Rs 72,000/-). Please click here to obtain the donation form.
4. Provide regular medicines to a needy patient We also buy and directly provide medicines to the patients who require them monthly on a long term basis. We have tie-ups with two chemists, who provide us with a credit line and concessions. The typical cost for medication per patient works out to around Rs 800/- per month per patient. If you wish, you could help us to provide medicines for one patient for a month, or adopt a patient and help us to provide medicines each month to him/her.
5. Provide donations in kind Many of you may have access to medicines at concessional rates and may wish to provide us with such medicines directly instead of donating cash. We would also welcome wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, health drinks for children (Horlicks, boost etc.) We welcome such help and request you to write us an email at m.a.shariff@gmail.com or contact us at +91 80 25571358.
6. Volunteering We are always looking out for a helping hand. Therefore, we request you to become a part of PRAY and provide your expertise and help to us. If you are a doctor, you can join our doctors team that meets each month and decides on the future course of action for the patients. If you have any other qualification too, we welcome you to help us undertake the interviews with the patients and their socio-economic survey. |