It gives me immense pleasure to share with you exciting news about our work. On October 24, 2011 Mission India Foundation reached the milestone of administering 10,000 doses of vaccines FREE of cost to underprivileged children. Over the last 18 months of our operations in India, our ground team has worked hard to make vaccines within easy reach of rural communities at no cost to them. Reaching a milestone of 10,000 vaccines is a matter of great satisfaction, but the journey must continue. According to one study, on a national level, fewer than 44 % kids receive full set of vaccines in India. The vaccination coverage rates in some states are less than 25 %. Thus, with such high unmet need for vaccines and health awareness, Mission India Foundation will strive hard to bridge the gap. Since its inception, Mission India Foundation has focused on new and under-utilized vaccines, a term the World Health Organization uses to bring attention to newer vaccines that have been developed in the last 2 decades and have not been taken up by a majority of developing countries. Such examples include vaccines like Pneumococcal, H. influenzae, and Hepatitis B. MIF is currently focusing on Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B and Typhoid vaccines and as our resources are strengthened, we want to introduce more vaccines.
We take this opportunity to thank all our volunteers and patrons who have been a source of strength for the cause.
Keep up the good work! Just back in August, we started to share our goal to administer 10,000 free vaccines at fundraisers. I cannot believe that it is already met. I want to congratulate all the volunteers and patrons and the staff in India that has made this possible in a short time. We are really making a difference.
Being a new organization mission India foundation has already vaccinated 10,000 kids there is no doubt soon we will reach 100,000 and thus a healthy india . Congrats MIF
Kudos to the team for such amazing work. Our mission is to make sure each child in India is vaccinated and with our dedication we will make it happen.
I remember the day when MIF started with small goals. It was not easy initially to visit communities and villages, providing education to people. Even the target of 4000 thousand vaccines in a year looked huge at that time. But the hard work, dedication and commitment to work for a noble cause provided the strength to achieve this milestone. All MIF team in India and outside India working for same noble cause and support from community has made it possible.
This is such a great accomplishment! I am proud to be part of such a great cause, let’s keep up the great work Team!