SPARSH VACHANA, A SPARSH Hospital Initiative, supported by United Way of Bengaluru (UWBe), as one of the partners

SPARSH Foundation conceived SPARSH VACHANA (a Vow to provide quality medical care to poor children) an ambitious plan that demanded huge skills, great commitment, enormous effort and a sublime meeting of minds. The plan was to organize a week-long surgical event to operate upon 200 economically-underprivileged children with complex Orthopaedic problems.



A Child happy with her Mother at the hospital, ready to undergo the Surgery

Dr. Sharan Patil, Chairman and Chief of Orthopaedic Services, SPARSH Hospital, the man behind this truly inspirational and landmark initiative to provide world class Orthopaedic surgeries to the poorest of the poor Children in the country, left no stones unturned. He mobilized a team of international (United States of America and United Kingdom) and Indian doctors that included Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatric Anaesthetists, Nurses and Therapists -- a total of 30 specialists. The team worked round the clock in shifts and conducted operations on the children from the 19th – 25th of October, 2009.


Ms. Jessy Jacob, Board Member of UWBe visiting the children in Hospital

UWBe, realizing the need, plunged into action to mobilize resources in cash and kind to support SPARSH Vachana. Mr. Vivek Nagarkatti, Chairman of the Board of UWBe, believes that passionate citizens like Dr. Sharan Patil should be encouraged whole heartedly by the Civil Society.


Ms. Jessy Jacob, Board Member of UWBe handing over the donation check along with well known Kannada Movie Star Mr. Puneet Rajkumar to Dr. Sharan Patil.

In a span of just thirty days UWBe reached out to hundreds of people to mobilize resources. One of our Board Members, Ms. Jessy Jacob is proud to say that “not even a single person turned down her request to support SPARSH VACHANA”. Professionals, Companies, Volunteers, Retired people joined hands with UWBe to provide support to the cause. A total of US$ 30,000 was generated in one month’s time in Cash and Kind locally to support SPARSH VACHANA. The collected amount went towards surgery cost of children.


Volunteers of UWBe preparing Goody Bags for Children to keep
them occupied at the Hospital


A Volunteer with a hand full of Goody Bags for the Children in Hospital

Our partners who supported SPARSH VACHANA in different ways include: 

Companies
Auto Graphics
Bangalore Surgical
HP
JJA Architects
Quintiles
Qwest
Kurien Abraham Pvt. Ltd
TSS India

Many individuals supported UWBe in this initiative but do not wish to have their names mentioned.


Dr. Sharan Patil along with members of UWBe team

SPARSH VACHANA has been a very unique experience for UWBe. It has been one of the most satisfying and learning programs for UWBe, till date. It taught us that if there is a worthy cause it draws people to come forward to support the same whole heartedly without any prejudice and inhibitions.

UWBe earnestly thank all its partners in this initiative.

Team
United Way of Bengaluru