Dear Patrons and Friends of Mission India Foundation:
As the year 2011 draws to a close, we would like to thank you on behalf of thousands of children and their families in India whose live you have improved through your support of the Mission India Foundation.
Mission India Foundation is a nonprofit that was founded by doctors of Indian origin in Chicago that provides vaccines recommended by WHO and Indian Academy of Pediatrics but not covered through the government to the underprivileged children. In other words, we focus on Newer and Underutilized Vaccines, like Hepatitis B, MMR, Typhoid vaccines,etc. It fulfills its mission through a free vaccination center in a small town Narnaul, in Haryana. This free vaccination center is based out of a nursing home which has given us space at no cost and also provides medical attention should there be any adverse event. The project is ably executed by a Program Coordinator and trained ANMs. We are also switching to electronic data base collection of the immunized kids in the initial weeks of 2012. Since inception, we have administered around 11500 plus doses with a target of additional 16000 doses for the year 2012.
Year 2011 has been very encouraging for us. We not only received patronage from valuable individual donor like you, our efforts got a great boost from corporate sponsorship. In addition, we were able to rope in a few India-based vaccine manufacturers who donated us several thousand doses of vaccines free of cost. A list of such donors includes:
Quest Software (www.quest.com)
Slalom Consulting (www.Slalom.com)
IBM (grant received via an employee)
EPICS (a non profit)
Vaccine –manufacturers include:
Biological E (Hepatitis B Vaccine)
Bharat Biotech India Limited (BBIL): Typhoid Vaccine
Shantha Biotech ( Hepatitis B vaccine)
This has enabled us to make these doses available free of cost to children in rural parts of India.
Mission India Foundation sincerely thanks you for your patronage for the cause of childhood vaccination. We look forward to our work together in the year 2012.
From everyone at the Mission India Foundation, we wish you a very joyous and healthy New Year 2012.
(Report prepared by Santanu Sarma, Program Coordinator at Mission India Foundation)
all the best for the good work which you people are doing.