Ekam Foundation

Ekam Foundation works towards providing quality healthcare to needy children and mothers in India. The Foundation was started on the basic premise that no child should be denied the right to healthcare. Ekam’s vision is to work for the well-being of children and mothers and thereby contribute to a reduction in infant, childhood, adolescent and maternal mortality rates. Ekam is a unique health care model, primarily focusing on neonates and infants, to seamlessly supplement the public health care system. As a child’s health is dependent on the health of its mother, interventions are tailored to address the challenges and gaps within the RMNCHA [Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn Child and Adolescent Health] arena. Ekam over the last six years has supplemented care at primary health centers, district hospitals and other tertiary care government hospitals by training nurses, helping in maintaining critical equipment, transporting sick infants to the nearest district hospitals, supporting lab tests and providing drugs and medicines in select government hospitals. Since the focus is on rural health, there have been gratifying results in terms of saving precious infant lives.

Ekam in Sanskrit means ‘One’ or ‘Oneness’ and being involved with Ekam allows anyone an opportunity to transcend all barriers with children in need of life saving surgeries.