Ongoing & upcoming projects
Combating inequity in hearing loss treatment
- Establishing mobile hearing screening camps in rural Odisha, India, to detect hearing loss in children and their families.
- Financial support for the treatment of conditions causing hearing loss
- Supporting skill development and empowerment of women & children affected by hearing loss
Supporting nursing training
- India has only 1.7 nurses per 1,000 people. While WHO estimates the need for 4.5 healthcare workers per 1,000 people. We hope to contribute towards narrowing this gap.
- Work along with the SEEDS program in Bhubaneshwar, India (Sustainable Education and Economic Development Society)
- Through the SEEDS nursing scholarship, 100 students are selected based on need for financial support. Each student needs $500 per year for boarding, lodging, and food to complete a 3-year general nursing & midwifery diploma.
- SNEHA support foundation will pledge to sponsor 10 students per academic year and will 5 more students each subsequent year the program continues. https://seedsnet.org/
Eye hospital project
- SNEHA support foundation will work with LEPRA, an NGO working since 1989 to render health-related services for various states in India. Addressing blindness is one of their missions. LEPRA foundation eye care facilities continue to operate in Western Odisha.
- They are only able to do 70-80 eye surgeries per day in a singular operating theatre, but the need is greater. The development of a second operating theater can help accommodate the ever-increasing poor and needy patient load. This is where SNEHA hopes to step in and collaborate.
Constructing a school
- SNEHA support foundation will assist PYSO (Prachi Youth Social Organization) in constructing a school in Kakatpur, Odisha, India.
