Annual Report 2016-17

Share the Power of a Wish®

Our MissionWe Grant The Wishes of Children With Life Threatening Medical

Conditions To Enrich The Human Experience With Hope

Strength and Joy

Our VisionWe Are Dedicated To Making

Every Eligible Child’s Wish Come True.

Our MissionWe Grant The Wishes of Children With Life Threatening Medical

Conditions To Enrich The Human Experience With Hope

Strength and Joy

Our VisionWe Are Dedicated To Making

Every Eligible Child’s Wish Come True.

CONTENTAbout Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India 5

From the Managing Trustee’s Desk 7

From the CEO’s Desk 7

Overview & Operations 14

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Delhi

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Kolkata, West Bengal

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Pune, Maharashtra

Governance 18

Auditors Report 24

Way Forward 37

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ABOUT MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION® OF INDIA

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India is a nonprofit organization affiliated to Make A Wish Foundation® International, a prestigious foundation which has 37 other affiliates worldwide serving about 49 countries. The Foundation is dedicated to granting the most cherished wish of children between the ages of 3 and 18 years, living with life-threatening illnesses, irrespective of their socio economic status, caste, race or religion. It is a Registered Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. Each affiliate works within the framework of stringent international policies and guidelines.

Make-A-Wish is the most preferred and highly rated charity with FOUR STAR rating by International Charity Navigator for 9 years in a row and thus we are a global brand and a pioneer in this effort. The Indian affiliate was established in 1996 and since then we have fulfilled over 28,000 wishes across 11 divisions in India. There are 11 divisions of the organization functioning in the country viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Its head office is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. On an average, we fulfill around 3,000 wishes per annum.

Power of a Wish: For children battling life-threatening illnesses, the joysof childhood are replaced with a daily battle for survival, painful treatment, medication and endless rounds of hospitals.

The fulfillment of the most cherished wish of a child, who has very little hope of enjoying a normal, healthy life not only gives happiness and joy to him/her but also has a therapeutic effect on the child. Doctors have often reported an improvement in the child’s physical condition, after the fulfillment of his / her dearest wish. A wish fulfillment makes a sick child believe that anything is possible – even the future.

Typically children’s wishes fall into four categories:

Wish to go… e.g. to a theme park, a sporting event, the beach, travel within India

Wish to be… e.g. a policeman, a firefighter, a chef

Wish to meet… e.g. a favorite Bollywood celebrity, TV artist, sports person or athlete

Wish to have... e.g. cricket kit, remote control car, kitchen doll set, computer, mobile phone

Volunteers:

Each year, volunteers generously give their time, talent and energy to fulfill our mission in India. The need to reach out and identify the wish of every eligible child is far more and thus leads to our constant need for more volunteers.

Visit www.makeawishindia.org to learn how you can share the power of a wish.

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ORGANIZATION DETAILS

Legal Status Registered as a Trust under Bombay Public Trusts Act , 1950

Registration No E 15573 (Bombay)

Income Tax Registration No Under S 12 A

DIT (E)/TR 31149 Dated - 06.04.1995

Income Tax Exemption(Under Section 80G)

DIT (E)/MC/80G/2518/2009-10Dated-29.09.2009 Valid till Perpetuity.

FCRA Registration No 083780861 Dated -28.06.2002

Permanent Account No AAAAM0220D

Registered Office : B-2/12, Samruddhi Society, Dr.B.Paralekar Marg, Dadar, Mumbai-400 028

Office AddressRoom No. 111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sunmill Compound Opposite High Street Pheonix Mall, SB Marg Lower Parel West Mumbai, 400013

Statutory AuditorKhire Khandekar & Kirloskar, Chartered Accountants,A 3, Lara Residency, Mayur Colony, Kothrude, Pune 411029

BankersYes Bank, Nehru Centre, 4th floor, discovery of India, Dr A.B. Road Worli, Mumbai 400018, IndiaHDFC Bank Ltd., Sandoz House, Dr A.B Road, Worli, Mumbai -400 018

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From the Desk of the Managing Trustee

From the Desk of the CEO

Dear Stake holders,

After being associated with Make A Wish India for over a decade, the last year saw managing the day to day operations has given me a different insight into the activities of Make A Wish India.

Key highlight this year has been the 20th celebration of Make A Wish India which included the hosting of the wish leader conference. This involved a huge responsibility on Make A Wish India which was very efficiently handled by our CEO and his team. Make A Wish International expressed its gratitude to Make A Wish India by presenting us the certificate of appreciation (shown alongside).

We can only succeed with support from likeminded people like you and we sincerely thank you for your unstinting support to our cause

Yours trulyManeck DavarFounder & Managing Trustee

Dear Well-wishers,

Our 20th year celebration this year was surely an affair to remember. Team at Make A Wish India wanted all the preparations for the wish leader conference. The two exceed the expectation of the 125 delegates. The overall theme was ‘wish chemistry’ around this we planned various activities to ensure that all the international delegates get a fair understanding of the India art and culture. More details on the activities carried out are shared in this annual report.

A part from the wish conference, granting of unique wishes like Rajalingam wished to be a naval officer were part of the 7318 wishes that got granted in this year. This also is the largest number of wishes granted by Make A Wish India in the last 20 years. We are pleased to share that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs finally granted its stamp of approval to Make A Wish India as a charity in the health category of section VII to grant under 2% CSR.

As part of its 20th year celebration, Make A Wish India acknowledges the continued support from Jewelers from Children, Jewelers from Children has supported Make A Wish India with a generous grant every year that has helped us grant wishes of over 1250 children every year. We hope more likeminded donors will come forth to support our cause in a similar way.

Yours Truly,Deepak S BhatiaCEO

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Total Wishes: 7320

WISHES FULFILLED DATA

Divisions Wishes

Ahmedabad 573

Bangalore 290

Chennai 953

Coimbatore 258

Delhi 1074

Hyderabad 256

Jaipur 325

Kolkata 672

Mumbai 2586

Pune 333

Grand Total 7320

Kolkata672

Mumbai 2586

Ahmedabad573

Bengaluru290

Chennai953

Coimbatore258

Hyderabad256

Jaipur325

Pune333

Delhi1074

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NAMES OF HOSPITALS

AHMEDABAD1. Kidney Hospital-Civil Hosp.2. Red Cross Blood Bank3. Maj. Thall. Ward-Civil Hosp.4. Polio Hosp.5. MPUH- Nadiad6. ART Centre- Civil Hosp.7. HCG Hospital8. GCRI9. Akhandanand Hospital10. Jivraj Mehta

BANGALORE1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Healh2. Sri Jayadeva Institution of Cardiology3. Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd(HCG)4. Kidwai Memorial Institution of Oncology5. Manipal Hospital6. Vani Vilas Children Hospital7. Narayana Hrudayalaya8. Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital9. MS Ramaiah Hospital10. Bangalore Baptist Hospital11. Bangalore Institution of Oncology12. St. Johns Medical College13. Fortis Hospital14. Medihope Hospitals15. TTK Blood bank16. Narayana Health- Mazumdar Shaw

Medical centre

COIMBATORE1. Government Hospital2. KMCH3. GKNM4. Sri Ramakrishna Hospital5. Aravind Eye Hospital6. Masonic Hospital7. Kurinji Hospital/MDCRC8. NMCT9. Hemophilia Society10. Kidney Center

CHENNAI 1. Adyar Cancer Institute2. Sri Ramachandra Medical College and

Hospital3. KanchiKamakoti Child Trust Hospital4. Voluntary Health Service Hospital5. Apollo Specialty Hospital6. Govt Hospital Of Thoracic Medicines- ART center7. Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital

NGO1. Shelter Home2. CLAP NGO3. YWAM NGO4. CHES- Community Health Education and Society5. Popo John’s Garden6. Hope Foundation

DELHI 1. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute2. Sir Gangaram Hospital3. B L Kapoor4. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital5. Army R&R Hospital6. Indrapasta Apollo Hospital7. Fortis Escorts8. Safdarjung Hospital9. Indian Spinal Injuri Center10. Action Cancer Hospital11. Kalawati Sharan children Hospital12. NDMC Charak Palika Hospital13. Lions Hospital14. DDUH15. Thalassemia Center16. CNBC17. IRCH18. D.S.C.I19. Holy Family20. LNJP21. Kalra Hospital22. Sunflag Hospital23. Medanta Medicity24. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital25. ISCC26. All India Institute of Medical Sciences27. Cankids-kidscan28. Indian Spinal Injuri Center

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HYDERABAD1. MNJ Cancer Institute2. Apollo3. Indo American4. Little star5. NIMS6. Rainbow7. Omega8. Yashoda

NGO1. Thalassemia2. Diaboid

JAIPUR1. SMS Hospital2. J K Lon Hospital3. SMS ART Centre4. Fortis Escorts Hospital5. Archana Hospital6. SMS Bangar7. Narayan Hruyudayalaya8. SDMH Hospital

KOLKATA1. Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre Research

Institute2. Netaji Subhas Cancer Research Institute3. Tata Medical Centre4. Institute of Child Health5. Rabindranath Tagore International

Institute of Cardiac Sciences6. Medica Super Speciality Hospital (on call)7. Narayana Superspeciality Hospital8. Thalassaemia Society of India

MUMBAI1. KEM Hospital2. Tata Memorial Hospital3. Nair Hospital4. B. J. Wadia Hospital For Children5. JJ Hospital6. Sion Hospital7. Hinduja Hospital8. Anand Medical Centre9. Neo Plus

10. S L Raheja Hospital11. NMMC12. Actrec13. D.Y. Patil Hospital14. MGM Hospital15. Jaslok Hospital16. Shatabdi Hospital17. H.N. Reliance foundation Hospital18. Thane Civil Hospital19. Ambani Hospital20. Surana Hospital21. Indian Red Cross Society22. Somaiya Ayurvihar Hospital23. Global Hospital24. Fortis Hiranandani Hospital25. Central Hospital- ART Centre26. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital-

ART Centre27. Indira Gandhi Memorial- ART Centre28. Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Hospital-

ART Centre29. Rukminibai Hospital- ART Centre30. Shastri Hospital- ART Centre31. Shatabdi Hospital- ART Centre32. Siddharth Hospital- ART Centre

PUNE1. KEM 2. Jehangir Hospital3. Ruby Hospital4. Sassoon Hospital5. Deenanath Hospital6. Command Hospital7. YCM8. Aditya Birla9. Red cross Society10. Inlaks11. Bharathi Hospital12. BJMC

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NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS

AHMEDABAD1. Veena Mehta2. Jyoti Rout3. Aparna Dave4. Manish Jadav5. Mahendrasinh Solanki6. Margi Majmudar7. Sana Topia8. Shraddha Kesurvala9. Sanjay Patel10. Nikeita Ghiya11. Bansari Kamdar12. Muskan Gandhi13. Sujata Rajapurkar14. Asha Patel15. Hetal Macwan16. Payal Patel17. Gayatri Kaimal18. Dipti Vora19. Minaxi Vyas

BANGALORE1. Shilpa Jairaj2. Ajit Maheshwar3. Sai Prasad4. Rajesh A5. K. Shreyas6. Prateek Balawat7. Anvitha D Rao8. Vishal V Mahuli9. Cini Jospeph10. Ashu Airan11. Chaitali Prabhu12. Anjana S13. Deepthi Kaishetty14. Kavitha Shenoy15. Amitha Shetty16. Meno Mohan Varghese17. Pranav Shankaran18. Bhavesh Tanwani

DELHI1. Akash Vohra2. Akshith Kapoor3. Anita Ahir4. Arush Khanna

5. Divya Rana6. Anshul Bachani7. Anuradha Arputham8. Akansha Bahal9. Geetika Nawani10. Krish Vindrani11. Fatima Boktoo12. Musjan Bhandhari13. Mansi Ghandhi14. Nikunj Daruka15. Nitin Kumar16. Radhika Jhalani17. Saakshi Sahay18. Sajili Batra19. Shubhangi Jain20. Sonali Sachdeva21. Mridul22. Neha Tyagi23. Geetika Aggarwal24. Neelesh Gupta25. Kaveri Jain26. Soumya Bhave27. Harshraj Malik28. Shantanu Dey29. Amrita Kumar30. Anuj Bansal31. Manish Aggarwal32. Nishta Jain33. Tanya tripathi34. Supriya Khullar35. Shaza Marriyam36. Ann Mary John37. Kuntal Vyas Aggarwal38. Stuti pachisia39. Satakshi Arora40. Kritika Bhargava41. Mayank Madan42. Siddharth chugh43. Shivani Seth44. Priyanka chugh45. Kartik Sehgal46. Tannu Dabral47. Tanu Kothiyal48. Damini Sethi

JAIPUR1. Smita Shah2. Sweta Bakiwala3. Jyoti Jain4. Lakshmi Singh5. Kalpana Gupta6. Ranjana Kushawa7. Usha Kiran Jain8. Shahnaz Omar9. Deepa Mathur10. Prashant11. Aditi Birdhaniya12. Ujjwal Goyal13. Kishu Jain14. Nidhi Jain15. Twinkle Sogani16. Juhi Baj17. Akriti Pandya18. Sherin Saji19. Diksha Grover20. Ritu Meena21. Shravasti Jain

COIMBATORE1. Purushothaman2. Rajkiran3. Rakesh

CHENNAI1. VPKAlagesan2. Ponraj3. Ramila Sreedhar4. Maya Shyam Sunder5. V.S. Rajasekar6. Chaitanya Gundapu7. Vijayshree Reddipalli8. B.L.S. Jyothi9. Rathnakar Paul10. Jessie Edwards11. Sasikala12. Vijisriram13. Vignesh Vaidyanathan14. Shobana Chithra

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HYDERABAD1. Allu Roja2. Chanda Sri Ram Bhushan3. Sadasivani sai chaitanya4. N. Arun Kumar5. S. Sai charan6. Vivekina Koul7. K. Hema gayatri8. S.S.V. Phani Teja9. Bandarapu Shantan10. Vineesha patnam11. P. Sruthi12. Deepthi mary minj13. Buddhiraju Kusuma14. V.L.V.L.Sarath Sarma15. P. Sahithi reddy16. M. Shivani17. Vasantha Vupputuri18. Pallavi chanamolu19. P. Dinesh Krishna Reddy20. Sindhu Arroju21. R. Kranthi22. T. R. Divya Reddy23. K. Sri Muhurtha24. Ram nidhish bhadratula25. Kiranmai26. Mullapudi Vineel chandra27. Kollabathina Prakash28. sowmya Namburi29. Pooja Rao Putrevu30. Madhav Pudipeddi31. Sri Rama Kartheek32. B. Manohita Reddy33. Seri Vineela34. M. Sujith Kumar Reddy35. Macha Nandhini Reddy

KOLKATA1. H. N. Sutradhar2. Durba Sengupta3. Debdut Bosu4. Debanjana Dey5. Shibaprasad

Bhattacharya6. Sagnik Maity7. Sujay Mukherjee

8. Ibrak Hossain9. Nandita Chowdhury10. Sriparna Banerjee11. Sipra Chowdhury12. Sakti Dasgupta13. Indranil Chowdhury14. Tapasi Sen15. Panchatapa16. Rwit Chakravorty17. Indrani Sengupta18. Srija Chakraborty19. Soumi Sutradhar20. Prakriti Chanda21. Nupur Jain22. Dabanjali Rarhi23. Nitish Singh24. Surabhi Saha (Meghai)

MUMBAI1. Alisha Desai2. Ami Kothari3. Anjali Ghate4. Aquila Ghafoor5. Arati Joshi6. Aruna Mogre7. Ashwini Bhonsle8. Divya Kotak9. Jayna Patel10. Kaajal Thadani11. Kavita Sainani12. Lata Shah13. Leonard Britto14. Manisha Patil15. Niloo Doshi16. Nisha Trivedi17. Pallavi Shah18. Phiroza Abraham19. Purnima S Kotak20. Rajesh Kumar21. Rajesh Nerulkar22. Rajni Barasia23. Rekha Rairikar24. Rina Shah25. Rita Razdan26. Sangita Kanaujia27. Savita Datta

28. Sayed Zahid Ali29. Sejal Nimesh Majithia30. Shanti Fernandes31. Sheetal Bhatkar32. Shobhana Dugar33. Shubhangi D’souza34. Smita Sadashiv Patil35. Sunita Katra36. Sushma Shenai37. Yashoda Gandhi38. Zubaida Sayed39. Seemonil Nargolwala40. Sejal Parekh41. Deepshika Sharma42. Purnima Paruthi43. Dishaa Desai44. Nafisa Plumber45. Satrupa Sengupta46. Sailee Sheth47. Trupti Wayal48. Gaurie Pandit49. Gunjan Shah50. Ram Hardasani51. Varsha Chottani

PUNE1. Maheshwari Kumar2. Radhika3. Sandhya velankar4. Mayur Buddiwant5. Sagar Patil

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2016

A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS

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ACTIVITIES OF MAKE-A-WISH ACROSS INDIA

EVENTS:

MUMBAI DIVISION

Westin New year’s event

The Westin Mumbai Garden City hosted a New Year’s Party to make 2016 a memorable year for our wish kids. We thank Mr. Ashish and the team for making it so very special and help us grant 17 wishes on the first day of the new year.

AHMEDABAD DIVISION The wish fulfilment program at Kidney Hospital was organized at Kidney hospital in the presence of Dr Trivedi & his team of doctors. All the media people were present too. We fulfilled 17 wishes in this program. Each wish was cheered up by all the people present in the hall! Wish children were very happy and talked to Dr Trivedi about their wish!

KOLKATA DIVISION NSH - 14th November, 2016, Children’s Day

To spread love and joy this 14th November, 16, Children’s Day, we fulfilled wishes of 14 children with life threatening illness receiving treatment for the same in NSH (Narayana Superspeciality Hospital) collaboration with the Cox & Kings. A group of 7 volunteers along with the Make-A-Wish staffs, welcomed wish kids to a hall full of surprises, refreshment, and smiling faces.

The celebrations started with welcome to the representatives of Cox & Kings and Doctors of Narayana Superspeciality Hospital to the children.

CHENNAI DIVISION Akshaj wished to be a fire fighter

This little boy had only one cherished wish when he interacted with our volunteers that is To Be a Fire fighter. Akshaj’s dream life is all about fire fighters, fire engines, cartoons of firemen etc. He even depicts the same in his drawings and paintings. On 12th August’16, we were able to fulfill Akshaj’s most cherished wish. With the help of the Joint Director of Police, Tamil Nadu, Mr Vijay Sekar, we were permitted to take the child to the Teynampet fire station at 11am. Mr P Saravanan, Asst District officer South Chennai, MrPerumal and other officers were awaiting the child’s arrival at the fire station.

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Rajalingam wished to be a Naval officer

Rajalingam had a beautiful dream....he wished to be a Naval Officer!!!! Our Coimbatore division had identified his wish but requested us to help them fulfill it. Today, 7th July’16, we were able to fulfill his most cherished wish.

Through our contact Mr Hrishikesh Narasimhan, General Manager, Production division of L&T Ship building, we were able to get an approval to visit their facility at Kattupalli. Rajalingam. A smartly dressed lad in a Navy uniform walked into our office at 9 am sharp. We then took him to the L&T Shipbuilding Yard at Kattupalli. Upon reaching the site, we were received very warmly by Mr. Jochim Rodrigues, Manager CSI & Welfare and Dr Anand, head of their Occupational Services.

Rajalingam was so excited at the prospect of his dream coming true and looked around keenly at the vast acreage surrounding him. We first went to the Admin Block Conference Room, where an informal lecture on the safety guidelines was given by Mr Saravanan, the Safety engineer. Mr. J.S.Mann patiently explained the becoming of a Naval officer, what efforts go into it, the hardships and joy of sailing and also about building ships.

V S Shri Haricharan wished to go to Goa

Child V S Shri Haricharan, six year old boy suffering from life threatening illness and receiving treatment for the same at Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital. When our volunteers Mrs Sasikala met him at the hospital he started chatting with her freely and expressed his desire to see places by flight. To visit Goa was top most on his list.

We were able to organize a three day trip for him and his parents. When Haricharan heard about the travel plans he was very excited and was looking forward to the trip. On 27th March’17 they boarded the flight from Chennai to Goa. They were booked in a hotel Zinho’s 336 at Baga Beach. They did extensive sight-seeing for three days. They visited the fort, the beaches, famous churches temples etc. He also went boating which he enjoyed tremendously.

This was the first outing as a family for the little boy. After a stupendous three day holiday they boarded the flight back to Chennai.

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WISH GRANTING EVENT BY LIONS CLUB OF MEENAMBAKKAMMake-A-Wish India granted the most cherished wishes of 31 children, which were adopted by the Lions Club of Meenambakkam Charitable Trust. The event was held at the E-Hotel. Lions Club of Meenambakkam Charitable Trust have joined hands with our NGO in the past too and will continue to support us in the future!!

All the children along with their parents gathered in the hall, awaiting the mega event. Mr Rajib Kumar Hota, Commissioner of Income Tax was invited by Lions Club to grace the occasion as a Chief Guest. After a few welcome words, the event was initiated with a prayer song sung by a wish child. This was followed by a Magic Show by magic Shankar. His tricks kept the children completely enthralled and there were cheers and claps all around.

Wished to become Loco pilot

Master T Kannan, 14 year old boy has a wonderful dream of being a Loco Pilot one day. He has extensive knowledge of locomotives and when our volunteers MrsVijisriram and Mr Chaitanya met him at the VHS- Hemophilia Society, he promptly came out with his dream wish. This would not have been possible without the support of the Hon. Union Minister of Railways Mr Suresh Prabhu and MrAnant Swarup from his office. They forwarded our mail to the General Manager Southern Railway who in turn helped us connect with the Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer Mr S K Natarajan from Southern Railway Royapuram, Chennai. Kannan had a beaming smile and did not believe that his dream wish had been fulfilled. He thanked all the officials of Southern Railway and thanked us for making him live his wish. Kannan’s mother told us right from the time Kannan had only one career in mind. He loves trains and reads a lot about locomotives. She thanked us for getting him a step closer to what he wants to do.

HYDERABAD DIVISION

Ramya Chandana- 14 yrs/Female (29th April 2016)

She gave a live performance of Bharatanatyam in front of an ecstatic audience.

A Hasini - 9yrs/Female (15th August 2016)

She hoisted the national flag on Independence Day, in front of a large audience

Ritu Rathod - 6 yrs/ wish child (13th September 2016)

She was enchanted and smitten upon seeing Chhota Bheem her favourite cartoon character in person.

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DELHI DIVISIONChesi wished to walk the ramp

Never in her wildest thoughts had she imagined that she will get a chance to walk the ramp. Chesi always wanted to be a model. Every time she thinks about it and sees various ramp shows she used to get very happy and cheerful. After being diagnosed with a life threatening medical condition she never lost hope and continued with a positive spirit. When Make-A-Wish India team met Chesi and asked about her one true wish, she finally got a chance to fulfill her wish. She promptly expresses her desire to be a model and walk the ramp.

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GOVERNANCE

Uday Joshi - Founder of NPO ‘MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION’ OF INDIA, has served as the Managing Trustee till date. A Practicing Architect since 35 years. CMD of the Multidisciplinary Design Firm - Uday Joshi E Designs Pvt. Ltd. and The Proprietor of Architectural Firm Uday Joshi & Associates with offices in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune & Goa .Mr Joshi has designed varied projects Like: Mass Housing, IT Parks, School, Stadium, Commercial & Corporate Offices, Multiplexes all over India.

Maneck Davar - Proprietor of Spenta Multimedia, India’s largest custom magazine publisher. Mr Davar has 30 years experience in print journalism and publishing having written for and worked with major Indian newspapers and magazines. Mr Davar is associated with many NGO’s and is the Chairperson of the Kala Ghoda Association which holds the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.

Sangita Jindal - Chairperson of the JSW Foundation, spearheads activities in the areas of education, health, livelihood creation, local sports development and conservation of our art and cultural heritage This urge to develop capabilities extends to the school for mentally challenged ‘Tamanna” that she has started at Vijayanagar. Under her stewardship she has reached out to young girls especially with congenital defects, promoted many self defense trainings and set up a non voice BPO especially for them.

Neerja Birla - Trustee of the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, Mrs. Birla leads the Idea Pratham project called “English Seekho” in rural areas. Mrs. Birla reaches out to the underprivileged sections of the community, endeavoring to make a qualitative difference to their lives. She serves on the Board of Pratham, Save the Children India, Akanksha and Muktangan.

Ritu Chhabria - Founder of Mukul Madhav Foundation which works in the areas of Healthcare, Education and Social Welfare. The Foundation helped set up Pune’s first Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in KEM Hospital. Working in and around the villages of Ratnagiri she saw a crying need for rural up-liftment which resulted in the Mukul Madhav Vidyalaya an English Medium School on the outskirts of Ratnagiri.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Uday Joshi

Nohid Nooreyezdan

Maneck Davar

Colin Shah

Sangita Jindal

Suhas Deshpande

Neerja Birla

Prasoon Joshi

Ritu Chhabria

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Nohid Nooreyezdan - Senior partner at AZB & partners, she is highly qualified with Bachelor of Arts (law), university of London, London, U.K. : 1991 and advocate, bar council of Maharashtra & Goa : 1992. She has expertise in key practice areas like employment law, anti corruption and compliance, real estate, joint ventures and corporate law, broadcasting, media, and entertainment.

Colin Shah- Managing Director of Kama Schachter Jewelry Pvt. Ltd., he is the elected studded jewelry convener in the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) and is a committee member in the Seepz Gem and Jewellery Manufacturers Association (SGJMA). He is a member of the Young President Organisation (YPO), comprising a global network of approximately 20,000 young executives in more than 100 countries and a member of the Entrepreneur Organization (EO), an organization engaging leading entrepreneurs.To date, Colin’s efforts have been recognized by numerous organizations’ including the Government of India and the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council resulting in awards like the Largest Exporter outside Seepz for four consecutive years, the Udyog Ratna Award and Emerging SME Award.

Suhas V. Deshpande - A B.Com.; LL.B from Bombay University, his present occupation is as a Tax Advocate specializing in Appellate work for the last 43+ years. He practices at Pune and Sangli.

Prasoon Joshi - Chairman of McCann Worldgroup- Asia Pacific, he frequently wins Cannes Lions, gets feted as the Young Global leader by World Economic Forum and on other, garners Cinema and Music awards as songwriter and screen writer be it the Filmfare, Screen award or the National Award, as well as nominations at Bafta and the Oscars. He has chaired and been on the jury for coveted national and international awards. An Advertising and communication icon who’s built mega brands, a writer who’s been honored with the prestigious National Award twice by the President of India, garnered glory at International Awards like Cannes, D&Ad, Clio, Media, Adfest, and plethora of others, he has authored 4 books as well.

Deepak S Bhatia - CEO for Indian operations of Make-A-Wish India. Deepak has over 27 years of working experience. He has worked in the charity sector for 13 years and prior to that in the IT industry for 14 years.

CEO

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Sahana Sen, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Kolkata DivisionIt’s been nearly 2 since I have been associated with Make a Wish Foundation of India. Having previously served for 15 years in the nonprofit sector, I thank MAW for giving me yet another chance to make a difference. During this period I have involved myself in the policy making and execution of different plans particularly covering RCH, CSSM, ICDS scheme. I was also involved in educating women of child bearing age regarding the importance of ante-natal check-up, family planning, birth spacing, maternal care, child care, adolescent life cycle approach, nutrition, sanitation, health education, etc.

When I first started, I had little experience of handling kids much less those braving life threatening diseases but now I would not have it any other way. It has indeed been a life changing opportunity.

It might appear as though it is I who works towards bringing our kids joy, however in reality; it is they who fill my life with immense satisfaction and happiness.

Pushpa Devi Jain,Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Hyderabad DivisionI have been working with MAW since 2014. It has been a wonderful experience of sharing joy with the wish kid and their family. Everyday poses a new challenge in front of me and my team and I enjoy the satisfaction I derive from successfully facing them. With a Masters and a PhD from Osmania University, I have taught for almost two decades and was the Principal of the colleges in the twin cities. I have also headed 7 branches based in Malaysia and Singapore and have won many awards and laurels for sports and extra-curricular activities. I have previously worked for NGO Spastic children at Manu centre and as a counselor in Thalassemia society to name a few.

Roopande Shah, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Ahmedabad Division.With a Masters degree in social work, I have been working in the field of education, health and awareness programs, children and women’s welfare since the last 30 years. I joined Make a Wish 6 years ago and it has been an experience like no other. I cherish the joy and smiles on the faces of our children on having their most desired wishes fulfilled!

Akhila Koparkar, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Pune Division. I joined MAW in the year 2010 and am very happy to serve for this cause. Throughout these years I’ve seen hundreds of children who at one point could not help but feel hopeless and dejected with the challenges thrown at them, now filled with a renewed enthusiasm and zest for life.I thank MAW for giving me this opportunity.

Sweta Bakiwala, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Jaipur Division.The Joy of Living is best experienced when we indulge in the Joy of Giving.I did not realize this until I started working with Make-A-Wish. I joined the organization 6 1/2 years ago in April 2010 and ever since then talking to these children, spending time with them and seeing the bright smile on the faces of these children by fulfilling their wishes has become an integral part of each day of my life.It brings so much joy and satisfaction to our lives too. Some children really touch your heart and remain in memory for long with their innocent and hopeful dreamsSeeing their little faces sparkle with joy and excitement on every wish getting fulfilled is an experience beyond words. The sense of contentment and achievement while working for the cause is immense.

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Vishal Singh, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Delhi Division.I would describe myself as a very determined and highly motivated person with positive and enthusiastic determination. I am working with MAWFI since 2014. I really enjoy the task assigned to me as this is this is a cause very close to my heart.

I have been working in the field of social development since 14 years, focusing on women and children for their overall growth, health & education.

I thank MAW for this opportunity that enables me to continue making a difference.

Ms Laxmi Arun, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Bangalore Division.I started my career with HDFC bank and later moved on from banking to nonprofit sector. With 12 years of work experience, I joined Make a Wish Foundation 2 and a half years ago and the journey has been amazing so far.

The satisfaction from seeing our kids smile bright on having their wishes fulfilled is unparalleled and I thank MAW for this beautiful experience.

Anita Fatima, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Coimbatore Division.I joined Make a Wish 3 years ago after having worked in Banking recovery collections & social sector for a decade. I have completed an MBA in HR Management.

My entire time with MAW has been meaningful and memorable and I hope to able to spread joy in our children’s lives through my efforts for the years to come.

Francis Y, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Chennai Division.I joined Make a Wish 2 and half years ago as a program coordinator

I have a Masters in Social work with 7 years of previous work experience, having worked with Directorate of Social Defence, Government of Tamil Nadu, Tsunami project, Cankids-Kidscan- NGO to name a few.

I thank MAW for the opportunity to light up the lives of our wish children.

Sophia Falcao, Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Mumbai Division.I am proud to say that I have been associated with MAWF since the last 5 years.

I have always liked being around children and this has been a wonderful opportunity to connect with them. I love working for a good cause and with a likeminded team.

Every time I see a child’s face light up on having their wish fulfilled, I am satisfied knowing that I am doing something right. Thank you MAW for this beautiful experience.

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Make-A-Wish India aspires to

In order to achieve this goal, Make-A-Wish India needs to enhance its

capacities in the following three areas.

OPERATIONSIncrease volunteer base

and identify key areas to set up

offices & support for improved

access to eligible children

FUNDRAISING & MARKETINGStrengthen fundraising initiatives

and brand awareness with corporates,

individuals and funding agencies through

enhanced communication using

effective IT Solutions and Online activities

LEADERSHIP

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Share the Power of a Wish®

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WAY FORWARD

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ADDRESS OF ALL DIVISIONS

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaAHMEDABAD DIVISION,111, 1st floor, Ashwamesh Elegance, Bhudarpura Road, Op. Chadawad Police Chowki, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad – 380006Email id: ahmedabad.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaBANGALORE DIVISION144-145, Raheja Arcade, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560095. Tel : 080 - 22734496Email id: bangalore.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaCOIMBATORE DIVISION, 174/96A Bharati Colony,Main Road, Peelamedu,Coimbatore – 641004. Tel : 0422 - 4397224Email id : coimbatore.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaCHENNAI DIVISIONC/o Aditya Birla Money Ltd.,No.53,Ali Centre, Ground Floor, Greams Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai - 600 006 Tel : 044 - 30890184/ 85Email id : chennai.div@makeawishindia.org Make-

A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaDELHI DIVISIONL – 26B, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi – 110017.Tel. No. 011 – 26686831Email id: delhi.div@makeawishindia.org Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India

HYDERABAD DIVISION11-5-341/3, Ground floor, Jaiswal residency, Op. MNJ Hospital, Redhills, Lakdikapool, Near Swamy Venu Gopal Temple, Hyderabad – 500009Email id: hyderabad.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaJAIPUR DIVISION26/A, Chetak marg, Near J. K. Lon Hospital,Jaipur – 302 004.Tel : 0141 – 2600107Email id: jaipur.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaKOLKATA DIVISIONC/6/1, Lakshmi Narayan Colony, Garia, Near Andrews College, Kolkata - 700047Email id: kolkatadivision@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India,MUMBAI DIVISION,Room No. 111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sunmill Compound Opposite High Street Pheonix Mall, SB Marg Lower Parel West Mumbai, 400013 Email id: mumbai.div@makeawishindia.org

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of IndiaPUNE DIVISIONC/o. City Pride, Survey No 20/1,2, Near Tara Residency, Kothrud, Pune - 411 038. Tel: 020-66833436Email id: pune.div@makeawishindia.org

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Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sunmill Compound,

Opp. High Street Phoenix Mall,S.B. Marg, Lower Parel (W),

Mumbai – 400 013. Phone No: (+9122) 24919139/40

(+9122) 24979457

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