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Community-Engagement



                  Initiative by Team Vatsalya, A Student-Club of IIMV










                                                                                    Ekam Foundation Mumbai (EFM) is a registered charitable
                                                                                    trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, having
                                                                                    commenced its work 5 years ago in the city of Mumbai and
                                                                                    Maharashtra.  EFM is focused in its work in improving
                                                                                    child healthcare outcomes in the underprivileged sections
                                                                                    of the society. To address EFM has two key programmes:

                                                                                    •       Surgery Support Programme (SSP) which provides
                                                                                    affordable, immediate relief and medical intervention to
                                                                                    critical health issues; and,
                                                                                    •       School Health Programme (SHP) which addresses
                                                                                    long term healthcare outcomes through health & hygiene
                                                                                    awareness programmes in schools.


                                                                                    In  2019  EFM  also  launched  a  new  programme  –  ‘Ekam
                                                                                    Education Fund’ that will support at least 100 children in
                                                                                    keeping  them in education, from institutions and schools
                                                                                    that provide value-based, all-rounded development to the
                                                                                    poorest of the poor.









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