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Hearts Behind the Foundation: The Heart Whisperer

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My association with Genesis Foundation began in 2024. I feel so blessed to be a part of such noble work that looks only at child heart treatment. An opportunity to create meaningful change in the world. Stepping into the lives of individuals and community and giving them the best you can. I am grateful that through this field I have the power to uplift those who are struggling or are in need, in ways either by giving my heart and soul to the project or to create avenues for donation to charity that I am involved with. My first visit to the hospital to see a 5 month old baby in terrible pain, but a smile on her face left me with a flood of emotions through my mind. Since my school days I have been inclined towards helping others and most importantly giving back to society. I had participated in different social events but never ever had given a thought of taking this on as a career. My story of being a social worker was not meant to be, but yes destiny always pans out the way it’s suppo...
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Understanding Congenital Heart Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

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Congenital heart defects refer to defects in the heart that children are born with. These are one of the most common congenital defects globally. In India too, 200,000+ children are born with a congenital heart defect (CHD). These are the numbers of the cases that are recorded – there maybe many more which go undiagnosed and hence untreated. Only 25 per cent of the children diagnosed with a congenital heart defect are able to get the required treatment. A lack of awareness and access to resources are the biggest challenges in children getting timely treatment. Organisations like Genesis Foundation, a congenital heart foundation India has been taking steps to both build awareness and provide financial treatment to those who cannot afford the cost of treatment. The treatment for CHD is expensive and families that do not earn enough to meet their daily needs have to depend on funds they receive as a congenital heart disease donation to support the treatment. Symptoms of Congenital Heart ...
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How Charitable Donations Online Help In Child Heart Surgery

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When the lives of young children, the future of the world, hang in the balance due to a condition they have absolutely no control over, the future starts looking grey. In India, over 200,000 kids have a heart defect at birth, i.e, a Congenital Heart Defect, affecting their entire lives ahead of them. Most of them have to get not one but many surgeries of varying severity to combat this illness. Imagine the plight of a parent who has to see their child suffer from something as serious as a heart problem. To add to it, they find out the problem is critical and the child needs multiple rounds of life-altering  surgeries. Now, to add to it, the parents don’t have the affordability to fund the medical procedures. Just the thought of it gives you chills, doesn’t it? Here’s what we can do about it. Whilst we as individuals may not be able to directly provide the required medical aid to the child or reach out to the family, there is a way to help them alleviate their agony of having to...
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The importance of timey diagnoses is treating a child with a CHD

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An accurate and timely diagnosis has become critical in changing the long-term outcome for many conditions. This can be cancer, heart conditions, neurological conditions like autism in children, a diagnosis made on time enables one to undertake proactive steps and seek the right medical advice and treatment to ensure a better outcome.  When it comes to congenital heart defects (CHDs) also known as hole in heart by birth , the situation is also not so different. There was a time when a diagnosis of a congenital heart defect would have meant a death sentence- that is not the case anymore. In most cases CHDs can be treated, timely diagnosis being the key.  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adverse perinatal outcomes and birth defects are responsible for the loss of 15 million years of healthy life due to premature death and disability. If these are diagnosed on time, there can be a significant improvement in infant mortality and morbidity.  Congenital heart d...
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Share your joy this festive season: The best charities to donate to

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  The end of the year festive season is here now, and we all are excited to make it as memorable as possible. From welcoming guests to buying new clothes, we are all privileged enough to fill each day with happiness and enthusiasm. While we have been busy making our festive season a memorable one, let’s not forget the plight of the parents of the children who are born with a hole in the heart. Congenital heart defects (CHD) are one of the leading causes of infant mortality. In India more than 200,000 children are born with a congenital heart defect every year. Of these, about one-fifth are likely to have serious defect, requiring an immediate intervention in the first year of life. Most of the parents of the children who are diagnosed with CHD cannot afford the cost of the live-saving treatment and hence often need our support to save their child’s life.   To help these children battle CHD get a chance at life, you can donate to support free heart surgery for poor inIndia ...
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A Ray of Hope: How Screening Camps are Providing Children with Congenital Heart Defects Access to Life-Saving Treatment.

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  Access to healthcare continues to remain a big challenge in countries like India. While the government has played a significant role in improving this to a large extent, there continue to exist many areas where people have limited or no access to specialized healthcare. This is especially true when one talks of congenital heart defects. Congenital hearts Defects(CHDs) are the leading birth defects in the country. Inspite of that awareness regarding the same is very less leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. The treatment for these defects continues to remains expensive and there are not many facilities that offer freeheart surgery for poor in India . With improvements in medicine, most children born with a CHD can live a near normal life, given they receive a timely diagnosis and treatment. However, since awareness remains low and the number of pediatric cardiac care centers remain low, not many children are able to get detected on time. Not only are the pediatric ca...
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Corporate Donations: Giving Back to Society

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  What are corporate donations? To put it simply, it is donations from a corporate to a   charity or a nonprofit organization to help them achieve their organization’s mission. This, in turn, benefits the entire society as we have enabled them to create better opportunities for people. Charity can be given in several ways; the simplest is donating to organisations that support the lesser privileged . Corporate charity donations are an integral part of giving donations in general and should not be overlooked, especially because they allow charities to work with a sustained flow of funds allowing them to implement work that has a large-scale impact. Now, what are the benefits? It might seem more meaningful to simply provide for those in immediate need, such as the destitute. While this itself should not be shunned, it is equally important to consider organisations that work in other areas as well such as education, healthcare, skilling etc. Why? Simply put, these organizati...
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