Dear Friends
& Donors,
Since the 2019 Tata Mumbai Marathon you have supported me
to raise over Rs 1.1 Crores (~ US$ 130K) for various causes from homes for 25 widows from farmer suicides to life saving covid
vaccines for thousands of persons with disabilities, food, oxygen, medical
care, employment, corporate leadership awareness and sensitization events and so
much more all with the goal of leaving no one behind.
Today I am reaching out to seek your support to
help perhaps the most heavily neglected segment within this community - Children with Disabilities. These children
have no voice and many of them are abandoned, surrendered or orphaned due to a combination
of poverty and disability and are deprived of even basic mobility that eventually leads to debilitating
conditions and a life spent institutionalized in meagre conditions.
However relatively
small but timely interventions can make a huge difference to their lives and give
them mobility which in turn allows them to aspire to friendships, education,
skilling, employment and a life of dignity.
For a modest average cost of less
than Rs 20,000/- (about $ 250), we can help with the gift of mobility through prosthetic/orthotic
devices and potentially a life changing intervention for the child.
Together with
ABBF and Rise Bionics we are trying to raise money to fund prosthetic/orthotic devices for at least
250 children.
I hope you
will join us on this journey to light up a child™s world and replace pain and
despair with hope and possibilities.
