Maeve Greyson TOUCHING LIVES OF 26,09,594 PEOPLE … · donors included Shahnaz Husain Group, Grameen Sneh Foundation, Forest Essentials, Kama Ayurveda, Bahrisons, Richfeel, Archies,

SEPTEMBER 2016

NEWSLETTER

No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them.

Maeve Greyson

TOUCHING LIVES OF 26,09,594 PEOPLE THROUGH 410 NGO PARTNERS COVERING 704 LOCATIONS ACROSS INDIA

MAX CHAMPIONS SHINE AT THE SECOND SEASON OF ‘CELEBRATE ME’

On Saturday, October 1, Max India Foundation along with its partners and well-wishers, gathered to celebrate life and “Triumph over Cancer” in its signature event ‘Celebrate Me’, a fund raiser for underprivileged Cancer patients.

17 brave women and four young children who fought their battles and triumphed over cancer proudly walked the ramp in Reva Kumar and Nidhi Agarwal outfits, the designers who themselves are cancer survivors. The jewellery was provided by Shruti Goenka of Goenka Fine Jewellery who has seen cancer very closely in her family through her mother.

These brave hearts along with the doctors who helped them during their journey against cancer were felicitated by the Chief Guest, Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Government of India.

An auction of paintings donated by well-wishers was also held on the occasion to raise funds. These included a piece of tribal Gond artwork from Madhya Pradesh which was donated by Smt. Maneka Gandhi for the cause. Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, a cancer survivor himself donated his jersey and cap for the auction.

Max India Foundation was conferred with the Indywood CSR Excellence Award at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad on September 26 as part of the Indywood Film Carnival, which was organized by Indywood and Government of Telangana State.

Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Senior Regional Manager, Max Life Insurance, Hyderabad received the award on behalf of Max India Foundation.

MAX INDIA FOUNDATION BAGS INDYWOOD CSR EXCELLENCE AWARD 2016

A big “Thank You” to all donors!

Other highlights of the event included a beautiful Kathak performance by Namrrta Raai and soul rendering music by ‘Folka Dots’. There was a power packed panel discussion with top oncologists of Max Healthcare on “Ground Realities”.The Hans Foundation joined as a major partner to facilitate treatment of needy children with cancer in Uttarakhand. Other donors included Shahnaz Husain Group, Grameen Sneh Foundation, Forest Essentials, Kama Ayurveda, Bahrisons, Richfeel, Archies, Pick-a-Bow and WholeFoods.

THANK YOU ALL!

We thank Dr. Harit Chaturvedi, Dr. AK Anand, Dr. Geeta Kadayaprath, Dr. Vineeta Goel, Dr. Charu Garg, Dr. Meenu Walia, Dr. R. Ranga Rao, Dr. Arun Goel, Dr. Mansi Sachdev and Dr. Ramandeep Arora for their participation and support.

Under-nourishment is one of the biggest issues that plague the country. India has the highest number of low-birth babies in a year, which is estimated to be around 7.4 Million.

MIF is supporting a number of communities through partner NGOs to address this problem.

As part of National Nutrition Week from September 1 to 7, several Camps were conducted to raise awareness and provide information on Nutrition. Numerous activities including under nutrition screening, awareness talks, quiz, painting & slogan competition, distribution of vitamin supplements for those in need and water purification tablets distribution was done in partnership with Shine Foundation, Jamghat, Swabalamban, and Niveda Foundation. 548 people were directly benefitted during the observation of National Nutrition Week.

NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK OBSERVED

Immunization camp for Typhoid at Saharanpur. A big thanks to Max Life Insurance volunteers Himanshu Kaushik, Kapil Kumar and Manmohan Krishan, who helped us in organizing the camp.

GLIMPSES OF HEALTH AND IMMUNIZATION CAMPS

Awareness campaign on vector-borne diseases. A camp with PVR Nest, Saket New Delhi where mosquito repellent creams were given away.

On September 7, a team of 35 Max Life Insurance employees and agent advisors volunteered to visit 100 houses at Dhakrani village to spread awareness on waste management, cleanliness, hygiene and introduce them to financial literacy. The importance of Swacch Raho, Swasth Raho was also highlighted.

On September 8, a Multi Speciality Health camp was held at the Dhakrani Panchayat Ghar with Max Life Insurance volunteers and Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dehradun. 412 patients were benefitted where Dr. Hisar Mehdi, Dr. Sumit Chandra and Dr. Priyanka Arora (Dentist) examined and treated all the patients at the camp.

Under-nourishment is one of the biggest issues that plague the country. India has the highest number of low-birth babies in a year, which is estimated to be around 7.4 Million.

MIF is supporting a number of communities through partner NGOs to address this problem.

As part of National Nutrition Week from September 1 to 7, several Camps were conducted to raise awareness and provide information on Nutrition. Numerous activities including under nutrition screening, awareness talks, quiz, painting & slogan competition, distribution of vitamin supplements for those in need and water purification tablets distribution was done in partnership with Shine Foundation, Jamghat, Swabalamban, and Niveda Foundation. 548 people were directly benefitted during the observation of National Nutrition Week.

412 PEOPLE BENEFITTED AT DHAKRANI HEALTH CAMPMAX LIFE DEHRADUN VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE SWACCH RAHO, SWASTH RAHO CAMPAIGN

Immunization camp for MMR at Jamshedpur with Steria Foundation & Bharat Seva Ashram. Kudos to our volunteer Preety Sharma, Associate Advisor, who helped in conducting the camp and thanks to Kalpesh Shah, Office Head, Jamshedpur Max Life Insurance

Health check up camp at Amity Humanity Foundation, Noida

HEALTH CAMPS

59IMMUNISATION

SURGERIES

10CAMPS

19,707BENEFICIARIES

450CHILDREN

388

To help treat an underprivileged child you may contribute to MIF by cheque/payment gateway on www.maxindiafoundation.org. Tax exemption is given under 80G.

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