On 27th November 2019 on the occasion of 10th National Organ Donation Day, MOHAN Foundation and SBI Foundation felicitated a few Donor families, thereby paying a tribute to all the Donors.
Mr Nixon Joseph, President & COO SBI Foundation, began by introducing the activities undertaken by Project Gift Hope Gift Life in partnership with NGO MOHAN Foundation and thereafter, launched a short video demonstrating the impact of the project. The video also contained a general appeal made to their employees, customers and people at large, by Chairman of State Bank of India, Mr Rajnish Kumar, Dy. Managing Director of SBI, Mr Alok Kumar Choudhary, MD & CEO of SBI Foundation, Mr Mahendra Kumar Rekhi and lastly, President and COO of SBI Foundation, Mr. Nixon himself.
An Information desk was also manned by MOHAN Foundation’s Transplant coordinators, Mr. Akash Salve and Ms. Prarthana Dwivedi, for dissemination of information about organ donation. All visitors were given a green ribbon, the symbol of organ donation, which they had to pin-up close to their heart. Also a selfie corner set up so that the young crowd could show their support for the cause of Organ Donation on Social Media.
Mrs Jaya Jairam shared the roadmap under Project Gift Hope Gift Life, its impact of transforming many lives and its forthcoming plans. Mr K T Ajit (CGM HR SBI), Mr Mahendra Kumar Rekhi and Mr Nixon Joseph were invited on the dais by her.
Mrs Jaya Jairam invited Mr Dashrath Mundari, SARB Manager of SBI, Bhilai, who tragically lost his daughter, Sadhna Mundari a fashion designer and consented to donating her organs thereby saving five lives. His family was counselled by Ms Shafia Mallik, Transplant Coordinator at MOHAN Foundation, Delhi NCR.
Then she invited Mr Amit Shidgane who not only consented to donate organs, tissues and bones of his brain dead patient but also convinced other family members to support the decision of donation from his mother Mrs Snehlata Shidgane. Patient husband Mr Shidgane was admitted in the same hospital at that time for a procedure also gave consent brave heartedly and more 12 lives were saved.
She then invited Mr Navinchandra Gandhi father of 19 year old Mr Raj Gandhi who fell from local train whose family was counselled through MOHAN Foundation toll-free Helpline supported by SBI Foundation saving six lives. Click here to watch the video.
In order to demonstrate the good quality of life of recipients once they get a renewed lease of life after a transplant, Mrs Jaya Jairam invited a few recipients who were also felicitated by the dignitaries on dais. Hvovi Minocherhomji, a heart recipient who runs her own student counselling firm and Shibani Gulati, a kidney recipient who runs Full Marathons (41km) were felicitated.
It was then time to appreciate the commitment shown by a few volunteers who have been working to spread awareness and raise funds for MOHAN Foundation. Ms Radhika Joshi, a 20 year old young student of Social work studying in Sophia’s college, Ms Seema Bose and Ms Jayalakshmi Krishnan were felicitated by all the dignitaries.
Lastly the work of the counsellors, who work day and night, untiringly, to counsel families and provide information about organ donation was appreciated. Dr Jimmy Gupta, Ms Prarthana Dwivedi, Mr Akash Salve and Ms Jigisha Yadav were felicitated.
A mixed-age crowd of about 200 people coming from all walks of life including people with disabilities attended the event. We are very thankful to Mr Aman Chaudhary (Assistant Vice President & Program Head SBI Foundation) and Mr Mohit Bhat (Marketing& Communication Professional SBI Foundation) for making the wonderful event possible.
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