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ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18
Our Mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for
children with critical illnesses.
Transform lives, one wish at a time.
Family
CONTENTSAbout Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India 5
From the Desk of the Managing Trustee 7
From the Desk of the CEO 7
Wish Referral Partners (Associated Hospitals) 9
Associated Volunteers 11
2017-18 — a Year of Achievements 13
SPIRIT, an Annual Event of Make-A-Wish India 15
Our Wish Granting Partners and Corporate Events 18
Activities & Operations across India 21
Unique Wishes 24
Governance 26
Media Coverage 28
Auditors Report 30
Way Forward 43
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ABOUT MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION® OF INDIAMake-A-Wish Foundation® of India is a nonprofit organization affiliated to
Make-A-Wish Foundation® International, a prestigious foundation which has
37 other affiliates worldwide serving about 49 countries. The Foundation is
dedicated to granting the most cherished wish of children between the ages of
three and 18 years, living with life-threatening illnesses, irrespective of their
socio-economic status, caste, race or religion. It is a Registered Trust under
Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. Each affiliate works within the framework of
stringent international policies and guidelines.
Make-A-Wish is the most preferred and highly rated charity with FOUR STAR
rating by International Charity Navigator for 11 years in a row and thus we are
a global brand and a pioneer in this effort. The Indian affiliate was established
in 1996 and since then we have fulfilled more than 52,710 wishes across nine
divisions in India. There are nine divisions of the organization functioning in
the country viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur,
Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Its head office is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
On an average, we fulfil around 7000 wishes per annum.
Power of a Wish: For children battling life-threatening illnesses, the joys of
childhood are replaced with a daily battle for survival, painful treatment,
medication and endless rounds of hospitals.
The fulfilment of the most cherished wish of a child, who has very little hope
of enjoying a normal, healthy life not only gives happiness and joy to him/her
but also has a therapeutic effect on the child. Doctors have often reported an
improvement in the child’s physical condition, after the fulfilment of his / her
dearest wish. A wish-fulfilment makes a sick child believe that anything is
possible – even the future.
Typically, children’s wishes fall into four categories:
Wish to go... e.g. to a theme park, a sporting event, the beach, travel within India
Wish to be... e.g. a policeman, a firefighter, a chef
Wish to meet... e.g. a favourite Bollywood celebrity, TV artist, sports person
or athlete
Wish to have... e.g. cricket kit, remote control car, kitchen doll set, computer,
mobile phone
Volunteers:
Each year, volunteers generously give their time, talent and energy to fulfill
our mission in India. The need to reach out and identify the wish of every
eligible child is far more and thus leads to our constant need for more
volunteers.
Visit www.makeawishindia.org
to learn how you can share the power of a wish.
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ORGANIZATION DETAILS
Legal Status Registered as a Trust under Bombay Public Trusts Act , 1950
Registration No E 15573 (Mumbai)
Niti Aayog / Darpan Id Number MH/2017/0165285
Income Tax Registration No Under S 12 A DIT (E)/TR 31149 Dated - 06.04.1995
Income Tax Exemption(Under Section 80G)
DIT (E)/MC/80G/2518/2009-10Dated-29.09.2009 Valid till Perpetuity.
FCRA Registration No 083780861 Dated -28.06.2002
Permanent Account No AAAAM0220D
Registered Office : B-2/12, Samruddhi Society, Dr. B. Paralekar Marg, Dadar, Mumbai-400 028
Office Address Room No. 111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sun Mill Compound, Opposite High Street Pheonix Mall, SB Marg, Lower Parel West, Mumbai, 400013
Statutory Auditor Khire Khandekar & Kirloskar, Chartered Accountants,A 3, Lara Residency, Mayur Colony, Kothrude, Pune 411029
BanksYes Bank, Nehru Centre, 4th floor, Discovery of India, Dr A.B. Road, Worli, Mumbai 400018, IndiaHDFC Bank Ltd., Sandoz House, Dr A.B Road, Worli, Mumbai -400 018
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From the Desk of the Managing Trustee
From the Desk of the CEO
Dear Stakeholders,
We are extremely grateful to all our well-wishers and donors who made wishes come true
in this financial year.
We place on record our sincere and a very special thank you to our esteemed donors –
Jewelers For Children (JFC) and TATA Trusts for their continued faith in our cause.
Not to forget our volunteers who work tirelessly and passionately to meet every eligible
child and identify the innermost cherished wish, the staff who work with the wish
organising volunteers from the corporate world, partners like KidZania who help to make
the wish granting a memorable experience, the vendors who form our supply chain and
go to any extent to get the wish gifts beautifully wrapped and delivered in time. And
the parents of our wish children, who enthusiastically participate in every event that is
organised for them.
We are glad to have the support of such like-minded people and look forward to their
continued support to help us achieve the Vision 2020, to grant wish of the 75,000th child in
our silver jubilee year 2020.
Yours truly
Maneck Davar
Dear Well-wishers,
This financial year has been full of challenges for Make-A-Wish India.
As the saying goes, Change is the only constant... such was the case with us. We had a
change in almost every aspect of the wish process this year. It was a very difficult decision
to close down our wish granting programme in Coimbatore, followed by having to relocate
office and start with a new team in Bangalore and Delhi. All these led to spending time
in operational set-up and eventually in identification and then granting lesser number of
wishes. Once the teams were in place, we geared up operations and fundraising efforts.
As on date till this financial year-end, Make-A-Wish India has granted wishes of
52,710 children.
Strategy and our approach is in place with the clear focus to achieve Vision 2020.
We thank all our well-wishers and will meet them in person in due course to secure their
commitment, not only for the next financial year, but for a long-term support, till the
financial year 2020-2021.
With faith and goodwill,
Deepak S Bhatia
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Total Wishes: 6028
WISHES FULFILLED DATA
Kolkata598
Mumbai 2311
Ahmedabad542
Bengaluru287
Chennai699
Coimbatore44
Hyderabad294
Jaipur288
Pune333
Delhi632
Divisions Wishes
Ahmedabad 542
Bangalore 287
Chennai 699
Coimbatore 44
Delhi 632
Hyderabad 294
Jaipur 288
Kolkata 598
Mumbai 2311
Pune 333
Grand Total 6028
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NAMES OF HOSPITALS
AHMEDABAD
1. Kidney Hospital-Civil Hosp.
2. Red Cross Blood Bank
3. Maj. Thall. Ward-Civil Hosp.
4. Polio Hosp.
5. MPUH- Nadiad
6. ART Centre- Civil Hosp.
7. HCG Hospital
8. GCRI
9. Akhandanand Hospital
10. Jivraj Mehta
BANGALORE
1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Healh
2. Sri Jayadeva Institution of Cardiology
3. Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd(HCG)
4. Kidwai Memorial Institution of Oncology
5. Manipal Hospital
6. Vani Vilas Children Hospital
7. Narayana Hrudayalaya
8. Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital
9. MS Ramaiah Hospital
10. Bangalore Baptist Hospital
11. Bangalore Institution of Oncology
12. St. Johns Medical College
13. Fortis Hospital
14. Medihope Hospitals
15. TTK Blood bank
16. Narayana Health- Mazumdar Shaw
Medical centre
COIMBATORE
1. Government Hospital
2. KMCH
3. GKNM
4. Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
5. Aravind Eye Hospital
6. Masonic Hospital
7. Kurinji Hospital/MDCRC
8. NMCT
9. Hemophilia Society
10. Kidney Center
CHENNAI
1. Adyar Cancer Institute
2. Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital
3. KanchiKamakoti Child Trust Hospital
4. Voluntary Health Service Hospital
5. Apollo Specialty Hospital
6. Govt Hospital Of Thoracic Medicines- ART center
7. Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital
NGO
1. Shelter Home
2. CLAP NGO
3. YWAM NGO
4. CHES- Community Health Education and Society
5. Popo John’s Garden
6. Hope Foundation
DELHI
1. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute
2. Sir Gangaram Hospital
3. B L Kapoor
4. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
5. Army R&R Hospital
6. Indrapasta Apollo Hospital
7. Fortis Escorts
8. Safdarjung Hospital
9. Indian Spinal Injuri Center
10. Action Cancer Hospital
11. Kalawati Sharan children Hospital
12. NDMC Charak Palika Hospital
13. Lions Hospital
14. DDUH
15. Thalassemia Center
16. CNBC
17. IRCH
18. D.S.C.I
19. Holy Family
20. LNJP
21. Kalra Hospital
22. Sunflag Hospital
23. Medanta Medicity
24. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital
25. ISCC
26. All India Institute of Medical Sciences
27. Cankids-kidscan
28. Indian Spinal Injuri Center
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HYDERABAD
1. MNJ Cancer Institute
2. Apollo
3. Indo American
4. Little star
5. NIMS
6. Rainbow
7. Omega
8. Yashoda
NGO
1. Thalassemia
2. Diaboid
JAIPUR
1. SMS Hospital
2. J K Lon Hospital
3. SMS ART Centre
4. Fortis Escorts Hospital
5. Archana Hospital
6. SMS Bangar
7. Narayan Hruyudayalaya
8. SDMH Hospital
KOLKATA
1. Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre Research Institute
2. Netaji Subhas Cancer Research Institute
3. Tata Medical Centre
4. Institute of Child Health
5. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of
Cardiac Sciences
6. Medica Super Speciality Hospital (on call)
7. Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
8. Thalassaemia Society of India
MUMBAI
1. KEM Hospital
2. Tata Memorial Hospital
3. Nair Hospital
4. B. J. Wadia Hospital For Children
5. JJ Hospital
6. Sion Hospital
7. Hinduja Hospital
8. Anand Medical Centre
9. Neo Plus
10. S L Raheja Hospital
11. NMMC
12. Actrec
13. D.Y. Patil Hospital
14. MGM Hospital
15. Jaslok Hospital
16. Shatabdi Hospital
17. H.N. Reliance foundation Hospital
18. Thane Civil Hospital
19. Ambani Hospital
20. Surana Hospital
21. Indian Red Cross Society
22. Somaiya Ayurvihar Hospital
23. Global Hospital
24. Fortis Hiranandani Hospital
25. Central Hospital- ART Centre
26. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital-
ART Centre
27. Indira Gandhi Memorial- ART Centre
28. Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Hospital-
ART Centre
29. Rukminibai Hospital- ART Centre
30. Shastri Hospital- ART Centre
31. Shatabdi Hospital- ART Centre
32. Siddharth Hospital- ART Centre
PUNE
1. KEM
2. Jehangir Hospital
3. Ruby Hospital
4. Sassoon Hospital
5. Deenanath Hospital
6. Command Hospital
7. YCM
8. Aditya Birla
9. Red cross Society
10. Inlaks
11. Bharathi Hospital
12. BJMC
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NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS
AHMEDABAD
1. Veena Mehta
2. Jyoti Rout
3. Aparna Dave
4. Manish Jadav
5. Mahendrasinh Solanki
6. Margi Majmudar
7. Sana Topia
8. Shraddha Kesurvala
9. Sanjay Patel
10. Nikeita Ghiya
11. Bansari Kamdar
12. Muskan Gandhi
13. Sujata Rajapurkar
14. Asha Patel
15. Hetal Macwan
16. Payal Patel
17. Gayatri Kaimal
18. Dipti Vora
19. Minaxi Vyas
BANGALORE
1. Shilpa Jairaj
2. Ajit Maheshwar
3. Sai Prasad
4. Rajesh A
5. K. Shreyas
6. Prateek Balawat
7. Anvitha D Rao
8. Vishal V Mahuli
9. Cini Jospeph
10. Ashu Airan
11. Chaitali Prabhu
12. Anjana S
13. Deepthi Kaishetty
14. Kavitha Shenoy
15. Amitha Shetty
16. Meno Mohan Varghese
17. Pranav Shankaran
18. Bhavesh Tanwani
DELHI
1. AKASH VOHRA
2. AKSHITH KAPOOR
3. ANITA AHIR
4. ARUSH KHANNA
5. DIVYA RANA
6. ANSHUL BACHANI
7. ANURADHA ARPUTHAM
8. AKANSHA BAHAL
9. GEETIKA NAWANI
10. KRISH VINDRANI
11. FATIMA BOKTOO
12. MUSJAN BHANDHARI
13. MANSI GHANDHI
14. NIKUNJ DARUKA
15. NITIN KUMAR
16. RADHIKA JHALANI
17. SAAKSHI SAHAY
18. SAJILI BATRA
19. SHUBHANGI JAIN
20. SONALI SACHDEVA
21. MRIDUL
22. NEHA TYAGI
23. GEETIKA AGGARWAL
24. NEELESH GUPTA
25. KAVERI JAIN
26. SOUMYA BHAVE
27. HARSHRAJ MALIK
28. SHANTANU DEY
29. AMRITA KUMAR
30. ANUJ BANSAL
31. MANISH AGGARWAL
32. NISHTA JAIN
33. TANYA TRIPATHI
34. SUPRIYA KHULLAR
35. SHAZA MARRIYAM
36. ANN MARY JOHN
37. KUNTAL VYAS AGGARWAL
38. STUTI PACHISIA
39. SATAKSHI ARORA
40. KRITIKA BHARGAVA
41. MAYANK MADAN
42. SIDDHARTH CHUGH
43. SHIVANI SETH
44. PRIYANKA CHUGH
45. KARTIK SEHGAL
46. TANNU DABRAL
47. TANU KOTHIYAL
48. DAMINI SETHI
JAIPUR
1. Smita Shah
2. Sweta Bakiwala
3. Jyoti Jain
4. Lakshmi Singh
5. Kalpana Gupta
6. Ranjana Kushawa
7. Usha Kiran Jain
8. Shahnaz Omar
9. Deepa Mathur
10. Prashant
11. Aditi Birdhaniya
12. Ujjwal Goyal
13. Kishu Jain
14. Nidhi Jain
15. Twinkle Sogani
16. Juhi Baj
17. Akriti Pandya
18. Sherin Saji
19. Diksha Grover
20. Ritu Meena
21. Shravasti Jain
CHENNAI
1. VPKAlagesan
2. Ponraj
3. Ramila Sreedhar
4. Maya Shyam Sunder
5. V.S. Rajasekar
6. Chaitanya Gundapu
7. Vijayshree Reddipalli
8. B.L.S. Jyothi
9. Rathnakar Paul
10. Jessie Edwards
11. Sasikala
12. Vijisriram
13. Vignesh Vaidyanathan
14. Shobana Chithra
HYDERABAD
1. Allu Roja
2. Chanda Sri Ram Bhushan
3. Sadasivani sai chaitanya
4. N. Arun Kumar
5. S. Sai charan
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6. Vivekina Koul
7. K. Hema gayatri
8. S.S.V. Phani Teja
9. Bandarapu Shantan
10. Vineesha patnam
11. P. Sruthi
12. Deepthi mary minj
13. Buddhiraju Kusuma
14. V.L.V.L.Sarath Sarma
15. P. Sahithi reddy
16. M. Shivani
17. Vasantha Vupputuri
18. Pallavi chanamolu
19. P. Dinesh Krishna Reddy
20. Sindhu Arroju
21. R. Kranthi
22. T. R. Divya Reddy
23. K. Sri Muhurtha
24. Ram nidhish bhadratula
25. Kiranmai
26. Mullapudi Vineel chandra
27. Kollabathina Prakash
28. sowmya Namburi
29. Pooja Rao Putrevu
30. Madhav Pudipeddi
31. Sri Rama Kartheek
32. B. Manohita Reddy
33. Seri Vineela
34. M. Sujith Kumar Reddy
35. Macha Nandhini Reddy
KOLKATA
1. H. N. Sutradhar
2. Anita Karnawat
3. Debdut Bosu
4. Dabanjali Rarhi
5. Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
6. Sagnik Maity
7. Sujay Mukherjee
8. Ibrak Hossain
9. Nandita Chowdhury
10. Sriparna Banerjee
11. Sipra Chowdhury
12. Sakti Dasgupta
13. Indranil Chowdhury
14. Tapasi Sen
15. Panchatapa
16. Ashutosh Kumar
17. Indrani Sengupta
18. Srija Chakraborty
19. Dipto Dey
20. Prakriti Chanda
21. Nupur Jain
22. Surabhi Saha (Meghai)
MUMBAI
1. Alisha Desai
2. Ami Kothari
3. Anjali Ghate
4. Aquila Ghafoor
5. Arati Joshi
6. Aruna Mogre
7. Ashwini Bhonsle
8. Divya Kotak
9. Jayna Patel
10. Kaajal Thadani
11. Kavita Sainani
12. Lata Shah
13. Leonard Britto
14. Manisha Patil
15. Niloo Doshi
16. Nisha Trivedi
17. Pallavi Shah
18. Phiroza Abraham
19. Purnima S Kotak
20. Rajesh Kumar
21. Rajesh Nerulkar
22. Rajni Barasia
23. Rekha Rairikar
24. Rina Shah
25. Rita Razdan
26. Sangita Kanaujia
27. Savita Datta
28. Sayed Zahid Ali
29. Sejal Nimesh Majithia
30. Shanti Fernandes
31. Sheetal Bhatkar
32. Shobhana Dugar
33. Shubhangi D’souza
34. Smita Sadashiv Patil
35. Sunita Katra
36. Sushma Shenai
37. Yashoda Gandhi
38. Zubaida Sayed
39. Seemonil Nargolwala
40. Sejal Parekh
41. Deepshika Sharma
42. Purnima Paruthi
43. Dishaa Desai
44. Nafisa Plumber
45. Satrupa Sengupta
46. Sailee Sheth
47. Trupti Wayal
48. Gaurie Pandit
49. Gunjan Shah
50. Ram Hardasani
51. Varsha Chottani
PUNE
1. Maheshwari Kumar
2. Radhika
3. Sandhya velankar
4. Mayur Buddiwant
5. Sagar Patil
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2017 - 18
A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS
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ACCOLADES FOR THE YEAR 2017-18
Make-A-Wish India is an Advanced Level – GuideStar India Gold certified charity for 2018
Award by Cipla Palliative Care Centre, Pune as part of their 20th year celebrations
NGO Leadership Award presented by World CSR Day in Delhi on 20th Dec, 2017
Award by Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai as part of their HOPE 2017 celebrations
Certificate of Merit award at the World CSR Congress held in Mumbai on 18th Feb, 2018
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SPIRIT 2018 WITH SUPPORT FROM ‘JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN’
SPIRIT 2018 EVENT MADE A MARK WITH SUPPORT BY JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN FOR
MAKING THIS EVENT A HUGE SUCCESS
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SPIRIT 2018: A BRIEF SYNOPSIS
To encourage children in age five to 18 years, diagnosed with cancer or survivors, to
demonstrate their talent, on the eve of International Childhood Cancer Day, an event called
“Spirit 2018” was conducted in the professional format.
Last year “Spirit 2017” was conducted as a funfair organized inside the NSCI at Worli. This
event saw almost 300+ kids diagnosed with cancer, come forth to enjoy the day. Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar graced the occasion to motivate and boost the morale of the kids.
In “Spirit 2018”, Make-A-Wish India with support from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mystique,
Artscape, Jewelers For Children and many NGO partners, organized an individual singing and
dancing talent show for cancer diagnosed kids and survivors. The event included auditions
round to semi-finals, professional coaching and the Grand Finale.
The cycle of the event from Auditions on 23rd & 24th Jan to the Grand Finale of Spirit 2018 on
10th Feb ’18 at Nehru Science Centre was quite a journey. To make it convenient for children
to participate, the Tata Memorial Hospital hosted the auditions in its auditorium. 161 children
participated with great zeal and were excited to get selected for the next rounds. Posters had
been put up in various centres like Tata Hospital, Borges Home, St. Jude Sewri, St. Jude Parel
and Indian Cancer Society.
The competition was fierce and there was no space for any complacency. It was a delight to
see that nothing stopped the children to participate in the competition, not even their being
on a wheelchair or having to use crutches. All the 161 participants were given participation
certificates, dietician approved tasty snack boxes and various gift hampers from sponsors like
Nestle, Disney, Cadbury, Dabur, dried fruits and stationery kits. In the semi-final round there
were 36 kids and then for the finals 18 kids were selected. These finalist kids were provided
with professional coaching for singing and dancing; they were also given custom-made dresses
to match their profile and eventually got a nice strolley bag, a duffel bag, tracksuit with a set of
three t-shirts and a trophy. In this event we had a very special child, Rehan Mirza, whose mother
was as excited as the kid. His mother shared with us “Rehan is going to be operated sometime
later after the event and his only wish was to perform in the finale one last time with both of his
legs. It was an emotional moment for him, as his mother told Make-A-Wish team that Rehan is
having his leg amputated by doctors to save his life”. It was not just Rehan, however, we met so
many kids with emotional stories during this event. We had two participants, Chidagni Pandey
and Khwaish Ansari, who came all the way from Kolkata just to participate in the event.
It wasn’t a cakewalk for the participants as they had to battle real hard to make their way to
the finals. After the quarter-finals all the selected participants were provided with individual
mentors to guide them. The participants practised really hard and our partner Artscape
executed the event with flying colours. They provided the participants with individual
mentors so that they get the best guidance and bolster their confidence to the zenith. Around
20 children got selected for the finals. There were regular practice sessions before the finals
in centres like Borges Home and Indian Cancer Society. Invitation cards were distributed to
various stakeholders, donors, volunteers and well-wishers.
The finale was held at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai on 10 February 2018. All the participants
from the audition round were called to see the event with their parents and before the
programme they were sent to watch the movie “Science Odyssey” in Nehru Science Centre. This
event would not have been possible without the volunteers, who came to us from Mystique,
Make-A-Wish India and Disney.
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The grand finale event was hosted by eminent mimicry artist Shrikant Rao and Deepak S
Bhatia — CEO at Make-A-Wish India. The event started with the opening song “Itni Shakti
Hume Dena Data”, sung by four kids who had come for auditions, but could not make it to
the finale list. This was followed by Deepak sharing the “Wish Journey” concept, to showcase
how memorable wishes get granted. This started with Mr. Uday Joshi the founder of Make-A-
Wish India sharing how as a parent he lost his son to cancer and got inclined to start the wish
granting programme in India. This was followed by Dr. Banavali – HOD Paediatrics at Tata
Memorial Hospital, sharing how granting of a wish has helped children to stay positive and not
abandon their medical treatment.
The next person on stage was Bhavya Gandhi aka Tappu from Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chashma
who recited one of his poems and shared his experience and talked about his mother Yashoda
Gandhi’s journey with Make-A-Wish India. She has been associated with Make-A-Wish India
for almost three years. To show how wish experience is made memorable, there was a special
performance by Mr. Luke, who has been associated with Make-A-Wish India for many years,
and in spite of his busy schedule, flew down from US to perform with the children. Last but
not the least was our wish child Harsh, who was under the treatment of Dr. Banavali, whose
wish to have a Mitashi CD system was granted in 2004, which helped him like music and thus
not abandon his medical treatment. Today, Harsh is studying civil engineering at IIT Bombay
and has completed his 2nd year successfully. It was now time for Shrikant to show his skills
with the kids with mimicry in voices of various celebrities. He very beautifully compered the
evening and the audience stayed glued to their seats. Mr. Shiamak Davar and Master Marzi
Pestonji, eminent choreographers in the dance industry, made a smashing entry in the event
to cheer up our children.
Our eminent judges: (singing) — Mr. Sairam Iyer, Mr. Amit Sinha, Mr. Rabbani Khan and
dancing — Dr Sheela Bhutala, Ms. Mini Pradhan and Mrs. Komal Shah, were impressed with
the children’s performances and showcased a bit of their own talent, with Sairam singing in
both male & female voices being the highlight of the evening. Eminent personalities came up
on the stage to hand over the trophies to all the 18 finalists, who had either won the contest, or
bagged the first or second runner-up slot in the event.
The Bharatnatyam dance performance by Chidagni received a standing ovation by all present.
The event concluded with our Trustee Mr. Bobby Kothari presenting the vote of thanks on
behalf of Make-A-Wish India and Team Mystique. He thanked all the well-wishers, volunteers,
the children and their families who made Spirit 2018 a big hit.
Post the event, one of our participants Harsh Modi shared with his father: “Papa, today I felt
like I don’t have any problem anymore.” Laxmi Priya one of the participants who couldn’t
make it to the finals but reached the venue just to watch the Finale kept asking us why we
didn’t choose her as a finalist. However, she enjoyed the programme and was very happy in
the end.
And not to forget our brave heart Rehan, who gave us a fantastic dance performance on the
song of Bajirao Mastaani, collected his trophy & prizes and then rushed to the hospital by 8 pm
for getting admitted for his surgery that was performed on 12th Feb. These kids really showed
us on 10th Feb that they really are brave hearts and it is they who motivate us to go that extra
mile every day to make every wish come true. Transforming lives, one wish at a time.
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OUR WISH-GRANTING PARTNERS
Working in partnership with Jewelers For Children, Make-A-Wish
India was able to establish a foothold for hope and happiness in a
country where wishes used to go unanswered. As a result, thousands
of children have already seen their often humble, but heartfelt,
wishes become a reality. Thanks to Jewelers For Children, India’s sick
children, their families and medical caregivers, now sometimes dare
to dream. They dream of little miracles at first – a new toy, some new
clothes, something musical. And, as they see these wishes met, one by
one, twenty by twenty, these people begin to dream new things. They
dream of days that have no pain, of lives spent at home with loved
ones, of full recoveries. This is the real magic of Make-A-Wish India.
Time and again, KidZania has partnered with Make-A-Wish foundation
to create memories enabling positive impact on society.
Speaking on the Kidzania – Make-A-Wish association, Mr. Viraj Jit
Singh (CMO, KidZania), said: “At KidZania, it’s our mission to promote
positive change and build strong community awareness among our
children. In India we have two programmes: “Kids for a Cause” where
our kid visitors are empowered to contribute positively to society and
the “Kids for a Better World” where we target to host at least 10,000
less privileged and specially abled children each calendar year and
ensure they get an equal opportunity to experience KidZania and
understand the world around them better. We are extremely happy to
partner with Make-A-Wish for their unique initiative and look forward
to working with them again to spread happiness and the experience of
Kidzania to kids all over.”
Cox & Kings has been supporting Make-A-Wish India for travel wishes.
Make-A-Wish India is overwhelmed by the support from Cox & Kings.
Wishes like that of Sravanan who wished to visit Shirdi temple, Lokesh
who wished to visit Ooty with his parents, Suhas Kamat who wished
to visit Taj Mahal and Tanush who wanted to visit Mysore are some of
the most cherished wishes that were made possible, courtesy
Cox & Kings.
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OUR WISH-GRANTING PARTNERS
The Ecole Mondiale World School organized a special event known as
‘Compete to Defeat’ on 9th February 2018. The main goal was to create
awareness about cancer and identify patients who are in need of
financial help for the treatment of cancer. The students of the school
got to experience the process of wish granting as they were presenting
the gifts to our wish children. In order to support this cause Ecole
Mondiale granted 74 wishes of children. Ecole Mondiale has been
granting wishes and transforming lives of children with critical illness
for the past many years.
Mumbai Aviation Fuel Farm Facility Private Limited (MAFFFL) is a
Joint Venture Company (JVC) comprising of M/s Mumbai International
Airport Private Limited (MIAL), M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited
(IOCL), M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and M/s
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Mafffl has been
supporting Make-A-Wish India for laptop wishes. Make-A-Wish India
thanks MAFFFL for all the overwhelming support for the wishes.
Nazara Technologies Ltd is one of the leading mobile games company
headquartered in Mumbai, which is engaged in acquisition of, value
addition to and distribution, of mobile games across emerging markets
such as India, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and Latin America.
Nazara has been supporting Make-A-Wish through one of its games
called ‘Chhota Bheem Jungle Run’ on Play Store. In the game you
collect some hundreds of laddoos to grant one wish. And that’s how
Nazara has been helping out Make-A-Wish India with wishes.
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The Kids For Wish Kids® programme allows kids to help grant the wishes
of kids with life-threatening medical conditions. When kids decide to
take the initiative to raise fund to grant wishes, then with the help of
Ketto (an online fundraising platform) Make-A-Wish India creates a
page dedicated to the child with all the details and asks for the funds.
Kids then spread the cause across their circles on various social media
platforms seeking donations.
Teachers and parents often serve as advisors, but ownership of the
project belongs solely to the kids involved. Kids like Naisha Dadwania
and Aashi Doshi from Aditya Birla School and Madhulika and
Shreyanshi from Bombay International School have helped Make-A-
Wish India grant wishes.
If you like to refer Make-A-Wish India to any school, just drop a mail to
Kids for Wish Kids® PROGRAMME
Naisha Dadwania helped raise almost ₹25,000 for granting wishes
Aashi Doshi helped raise almost ₹15,000 for granting wishes
Madhulika Singh helped raise almost ₹10,000 for granting wishes
Shreyanshi Nandigam helped raise almost ₹11,250 for granting wishes
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ACTIVITIES OF MAKE-A-WISH ACROSS INDIA
EVENTS:
AHMEDABAD DIVISION Surendranagar ART centre which is in the Mahatma Gandhi General
Hospital complex took an initiative and allowed us to do our wish
fulfilment programme.
The programme was held at Govt. General Hospital and started with
a fitness workout by Folk Fitness instructors. Children seemed very
happy and actively participated in the programme. They enjoyed the
whole session.
Later on, wish fulfilment programme started in the presence of Dr
Rathod, Dean of Junagadh Medical College. We fulfilled 20 wishes here
in the presence of wish children, their siblings, their parents, staff of
hospital and our volunteers.
BANGALORE DIVISION The Ritz Carlton Bangalore made the Wish Kids feel special at the
“Tree Lighting” event at their hotel on Wednesday, 22nd Nov 2017.
The staff at Ritz put together a unique way to grant wishes in
this festive season and to ensure that their long-stay guests are
made to feel special; they started celebrations early with the
Thanksgiving Week.
CHENNAI DIVISIONOn 10th June ’17, 27 children from Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and
Stanley Govt Hospital along with their parents gathered at our office
premises at 9:30 am. All the kids were looking forward to receiving
their most cherished wish items. We had planned a small event for the
children. A few of our volunteers spent quality time interacting with
the children. It was very heartening to see that two of our volunteers
had also brought their children to participate and they were very keen
to inculcate the true happiness one gets while volunteering.
Mr Ganesh Moorthy our volunteer and MC initiated the event by
welcoming the children and their parents. Two of his associates, Mr
Jagan Mohan (Head of Agriculture division) and Mr Venkateswaran
(Private Secretary, State Planning Commission) had graced the
occasion and were keen to learn about the activities of MAW. The
dignitaries were honoured by the children with shawls.
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DELHI DIVISIONTo spread love and joy this 14th November, Children’s Day, we were
able to grant wishes of children suffering from life-threatening
medical conditions. There were various activities conducted before
wish granting which included painting, tattoo making, games, etc. We
thank Hang Out Select City Walk Delhi and our volunteers Rohan and
Varad for helping us carry out the Children’s Day event successfully in
Delhi. One of our volunteers said, “You really don’t need to thank us, it’s
our duty as volunteers to do this work plus I really enjoyed doing it.”
Wish-Granting Saturday
We were able to grant wishes of children suffering from life-threatening
medical conditions. There were various activities conducted before
wish granting which included painting, tattoo making, games, etc. We
thank Hang out Select City Walk Delhi and our volunteers for making
it a success.
HYDERABAD DIVISIONChildren’s Day Celebration
In celebration of Children’s Day, we fulfilled wishes of children with
life-threatening illness receiving treatment at different hospitals. To
bring cheer to our Wish Kids who had gathered with their parents, the
event was held at our office premises.
Christmas Celebration
A Christmas event was organized for the kids at the office on the
twentieth of December. The volunteers put up the Christmas tree and
the decorations. The tree was decorated with various ornaments and
also with stars and lights. A few games and some songs were played
for the children’s entertainment.
KOLKATA DIVISIONOn 8th March 2018, Thursday, International Women’s Day was
celebrated at the ‘Seminar Hall’ of Institute of Child Health Hospital
(ICH), Kolkata from 10.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m in collaboration with the
hospital and its doctors. The highlight of the programme was granting
wishes of children suffering from life threatening diseases and making
their dreams come true.
The programme witnessed a ‘Drawing Competition’ conducted by Ms.
Maala Bhattacharya, a renowned artist of Kolkata.
The programme was inaugurated by ICH doctor, Dr. Rajiv Sinha,
Nephrology unit.
Dr. Sakil of the Nephrology unit gave a short presentation on
Nephrological problems. Gifts & prizes were distributed to the children
by the doctors of the ICH Hospital.
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ACTIVITIES ON WORLD WISH DAY ACROSS INDIA
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UNIQUE WISHES
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UNIQUE WISHES
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GOVERNANCE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Uday JoshiFounder Trustee
Maneck DavarManaging trustee
Ashish P. Kothari Trustee
Suhas Deshpande Trustee
Colin Shah Trustee
Nohid NooreyezdanTrustee
Ritu ChhabriaTrustee
Neerja BirlaTrustee
Deepak S Bhatia CEO
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Bhakti Lad Admin Assistant
Kishor KulkarniFinance Head
Ranjana Jaiswar Accounts Assistant
Kunal JainSalesforce Developer
Vishwanath ParabAccounts Assistant
Nupur SinghAssistant Communication Manager
Vandana DograAssistant Wish Granting Manager
TEAM MAKE-A-WISH INDIA
HEAD OFFICE TEAM
Deepak S Bhatia CEO
DIVISION TEAM
Roopande Shah Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Ahmedabad Division
Mrs NethravathiAssistant Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Bangalore Division
Francis YProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Chennai Division.
Aashna SinghProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Delhi Division.
Shashi ChandraProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Hyderabad Division
Sahana Sen Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Kolkata Division
Sophia FalcaoProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Mumbai Division.
Sweta BakiwalaProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Jaipur Division.
Akhila KoparkarProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Pune Division.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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MEDIA COVERAGE
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Make-A-Wish India aspires to
In order to achieve this goal, Make-A-Wish India needs to enhance its
capacities in the following three areas.
OPERATIONSIncrease volunteer base
and identify key areas to set up
offices & support for improved
access to eligible children
FUNDRAISING & MARKETINGStrengthen fundraising initiatives
and brand awareness with corporate,
individuals and funding agencies through
enhanced communication using
effective IT Solutions and Online activities
LEADERSHIP
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Share the Power of a Wish ®
J o i n u s
WAY FORWARD
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Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sunmill Compound,
Opp. High Street Phoenix Mall,S.B. Marg, Lower Parel (W),
Mumbai – 400 013. Phone No: (+9122) 24919139/40
(+9122) 24979457
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