ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18

Our Mission: Together, we create life-changing wishes for

children with critical illnesses.

Transform lives, one wish at a time.

Family

CONTENTSAbout Make-A-Wish Foundation® of India 5

From the Desk of the Managing Trustee 7

From the Desk of the CEO 7

Wish Referral Partners (Associated Hospitals) 9

Associated Volunteers 11

2017-18 — a Year of Achievements 13

SPIRIT, an Annual Event of Make-A-Wish India 15

Our Wish Granting Partners and Corporate Events 18

Activities & Operations across India 21

Unique Wishes 24

Governance 26

Media Coverage 28

Auditors Report 30

Way Forward 43

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ABOUT MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION® OF INDIAMake-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

three 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 11 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 more than 52,710 wishes across nine

divisions in India. There are nine divisions of the organization functioning in

the country viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur,

Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Its head office is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

On an average, we fulfil around 7000 wishes per annum.

Power of a Wish: For children battling life-threatening illnesses, the joys of

childhood are replaced with a daily battle for survival, painful treatment,

medication and endless rounds of hospitals.

The fulfilment 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 fulfilment of his / her

dearest wish. A wish-fulfilment 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 favourite 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 (Mumbai)

Niti Aayog / Darpan Id Number MH/2017/0165285

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 Address Room No. 111, Vasan Udyog Bhavan, Sun Mill Compound, Opposite High Street Pheonix Mall, SB Marg, Lower Parel West, Mumbai, 400013

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

BanksYes 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 Stakeholders,

We are extremely grateful to all our well-wishers and donors who made wishes come true

in this financial year.

We place on record our sincere and a very special thank you to our esteemed donors –

Jewelers For Children (JFC) and TATA Trusts for their continued faith in our cause.

Not to forget our volunteers who work tirelessly and passionately to meet every eligible

child and identify the innermost cherished wish, the staff who work with the wish

organising volunteers from the corporate world, partners like KidZania who help to make

the wish granting a memorable experience, the vendors who form our supply chain and

go to any extent to get the wish gifts beautifully wrapped and delivered in time. And

the parents of our wish children, who enthusiastically participate in every event that is

organised for them.

We are glad to have the support of such like-minded people and look forward to their

continued support to help us achieve the Vision 2020, to grant wish of the 75,000th child in

our silver jubilee year 2020.

Yours truly

Maneck Davar

Dear Well-wishers,

This financial year has been full of challenges for Make-A-Wish India.

As the saying goes, Change is the only constant... such was the case with us. We had a

change in almost every aspect of the wish process this year. It was a very difficult decision

to close down our wish granting programme in Coimbatore, followed by having to relocate

office and start with a new team in Bangalore and Delhi. All these led to spending time

in operational set-up and eventually in identification and then granting lesser number of

wishes. Once the teams were in place, we geared up operations and fundraising efforts.

As on date till this financial year-end, Make-A-Wish India has granted wishes of

52,710 children.

Strategy and our approach is in place with the clear focus to achieve Vision 2020.

We thank all our well-wishers and will meet them in person in due course to secure their

commitment, not only for the next financial year, but for a long-term support, till the

financial year 2020-2021.

With faith and goodwill,

Deepak S Bhatia

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Total Wishes: 6028

WISHES FULFILLED DATA

Kolkata598

Mumbai 2311

Ahmedabad542

Bengaluru287

Chennai699

Coimbatore44

Hyderabad294

Jaipur288

Pune333

Delhi632

Divisions Wishes

Ahmedabad 542

Bangalore 287

Chennai 699

Coimbatore 44

Delhi 632

Hyderabad 294

Jaipur 288

Kolkata 598

Mumbai 2311

Pune 333

Grand Total 6028

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NAMES OF HOSPITALS

AHMEDABAD

1. Kidney Hospital-Civil Hosp.

2. Red Cross Blood Bank

3. Maj. Thall. Ward-Civil Hosp.

4. Polio Hosp.

5. MPUH- Nadiad

6. ART Centre- Civil Hosp.

7. HCG Hospital

8. GCRI

9. Akhandanand Hospital

10. Jivraj Mehta

BANGALORE

1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Healh

2. Sri Jayadeva Institution of Cardiology

3. Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd(HCG)

4. Kidwai Memorial Institution of Oncology

5. Manipal Hospital

6. Vani Vilas Children Hospital

7. Narayana Hrudayalaya

8. Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital

9. MS Ramaiah Hospital

10. Bangalore Baptist Hospital

11. Bangalore Institution of Oncology

12. St. Johns Medical College

13. Fortis Hospital

14. Medihope Hospitals

15. TTK Blood bank

16. Narayana Health- Mazumdar Shaw

Medical centre

COIMBATORE

1. Government Hospital

2. KMCH

3. GKNM

4. Sri Ramakrishna Hospital

5. Aravind Eye Hospital

6. Masonic Hospital

7. Kurinji Hospital/MDCRC

8. NMCT

9. Hemophilia Society

10. Kidney Center

CHENNAI

1. Adyar Cancer Institute

2. Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital

3. KanchiKamakoti Child Trust Hospital

4. Voluntary Health Service Hospital

5. Apollo Specialty Hospital

6. Govt Hospital Of Thoracic Medicines- ART center

7. Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital

NGO

1. Shelter Home

2. CLAP NGO

3. YWAM NGO

4. CHES- Community Health Education and Society

5. Popo John’s Garden

6. Hope Foundation

DELHI

1. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute

2. Sir Gangaram Hospital

3. B L Kapoor

4. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital

5. Army R&R Hospital

6. Indrapasta Apollo Hospital

7. Fortis Escorts

8. Safdarjung Hospital

9. Indian Spinal Injuri Center

10. Action Cancer Hospital

11. Kalawati Sharan children Hospital

12. NDMC Charak Palika Hospital

13. Lions Hospital

14. DDUH

15. Thalassemia Center

16. CNBC

17. IRCH

18. D.S.C.I

19. Holy Family

20. LNJP

21. Kalra Hospital

22. Sunflag Hospital

23. Medanta Medicity

24. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital

25. ISCC

26. All India Institute of Medical Sciences

27. Cankids-kidscan

28. Indian Spinal Injuri Center

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HYDERABAD

1. MNJ Cancer Institute

2. Apollo

3. Indo American

4. Little star

5. NIMS

6. Rainbow

7. Omega

8. Yashoda

NGO

1. Thalassemia

2. Diaboid

JAIPUR

1. SMS Hospital

2. J K Lon Hospital

3. SMS ART Centre

4. Fortis Escorts Hospital

5. Archana Hospital

6. SMS Bangar

7. Narayan Hruyudayalaya

8. SDMH Hospital

KOLKATA

1. Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre Research Institute

2. Netaji Subhas Cancer Research Institute

3. Tata Medical Centre

4. Institute of Child Health

5. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of

Cardiac Sciences

6. Medica Super Speciality Hospital (on call)

7. Narayana Superspeciality Hospital

8. Thalassaemia Society of India

MUMBAI

1. KEM Hospital

2. Tata Memorial Hospital

3. Nair Hospital

4. B. J. Wadia Hospital For Children

5. JJ Hospital

6. Sion Hospital

7. Hinduja Hospital

8. Anand Medical Centre

9. Neo Plus

10. S L Raheja Hospital

11. NMMC

12. Actrec

13. D.Y. Patil Hospital

14. MGM Hospital

15. Jaslok Hospital

16. Shatabdi Hospital

17. H.N. Reliance foundation Hospital

18. Thane Civil Hospital

19. Ambani Hospital

20. Surana Hospital

21. Indian Red Cross Society

22. Somaiya Ayurvihar Hospital

23. Global Hospital

24. Fortis Hiranandani Hospital

25. Central Hospital- ART Centre

26. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital-

ART Centre

27. Indira Gandhi Memorial- ART Centre

28. Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Hospital-

ART Centre

29. Rukminibai Hospital- ART Centre

30. Shastri Hospital- ART Centre

31. Shatabdi Hospital- ART Centre

32. Siddharth Hospital- ART Centre

PUNE

1. KEM

2. Jehangir Hospital

3. Ruby Hospital

4. Sassoon Hospital

5. Deenanath Hospital

6. Command Hospital

7. YCM

8. Aditya Birla

9. Red cross Society

10. Inlaks

11. Bharathi Hospital

12. BJMC

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NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS

AHMEDABAD

1. Veena Mehta

2. Jyoti Rout

3. Aparna Dave

4. Manish Jadav

5. Mahendrasinh Solanki

6. Margi Majmudar

7. Sana Topia

8. Shraddha Kesurvala

9. Sanjay Patel

10. Nikeita Ghiya

11. Bansari Kamdar

12. Muskan Gandhi

13. Sujata Rajapurkar

14. Asha Patel

15. Hetal Macwan

16. Payal Patel

17. Gayatri Kaimal

18. Dipti Vora

19. Minaxi Vyas

BANGALORE

1. Shilpa Jairaj

2. Ajit Maheshwar

3. Sai Prasad

4. Rajesh A

5. K. Shreyas

6. Prateek Balawat

7. Anvitha D Rao

8. Vishal V Mahuli

9. Cini Jospeph

10. Ashu Airan

11. Chaitali Prabhu

12. Anjana S

13. Deepthi Kaishetty

14. Kavitha Shenoy

15. Amitha Shetty

16. Meno Mohan Varghese

17. Pranav Shankaran

18. Bhavesh Tanwani

DELHI

1. AKASH VOHRA

2. AKSHITH KAPOOR

3. ANITA AHIR

4. ARUSH KHANNA

5. DIVYA RANA

6. ANSHUL BACHANI

7. ANURADHA ARPUTHAM

8. AKANSHA BAHAL

9. GEETIKA NAWANI

10. KRISH VINDRANI

11. FATIMA BOKTOO

12. MUSJAN BHANDHARI

13. MANSI GHANDHI

14. NIKUNJ DARUKA

15. NITIN KUMAR

16. RADHIKA JHALANI

17. SAAKSHI SAHAY

18. SAJILI BATRA

19. SHUBHANGI JAIN

20. SONALI SACHDEVA

21. MRIDUL

22. NEHA TYAGI

23. GEETIKA AGGARWAL

24. NEELESH GUPTA

25. KAVERI JAIN

26. SOUMYA BHAVE

27. HARSHRAJ MALIK

28. SHANTANU DEY

29. AMRITA KUMAR

30. ANUJ BANSAL

31. MANISH AGGARWAL

32. NISHTA JAIN

33. TANYA TRIPATHI

34. SUPRIYA KHULLAR

35. SHAZA MARRIYAM

36. ANN MARY JOHN

37. KUNTAL VYAS AGGARWAL

38. STUTI PACHISIA

39. SATAKSHI ARORA

40. KRITIKA BHARGAVA

41. MAYANK MADAN

42. SIDDHARTH CHUGH

43. SHIVANI SETH

44. PRIYANKA CHUGH

45. KARTIK SEHGAL

46. TANNU DABRAL

47. TANU KOTHIYAL

48. DAMINI SETHI

JAIPUR

1. Smita Shah

2. Sweta Bakiwala

3. Jyoti Jain

4. Lakshmi Singh

5. Kalpana Gupta

6. Ranjana Kushawa

7. Usha Kiran Jain

8. Shahnaz Omar

9. Deepa Mathur

10. Prashant

11. Aditi Birdhaniya

12. Ujjwal Goyal

13. Kishu Jain

14. Nidhi Jain

15. Twinkle Sogani

16. Juhi Baj

17. Akriti Pandya

18. Sherin Saji

19. Diksha Grover

20. Ritu Meena

21. Shravasti Jain

CHENNAI

1. VPKAlagesan

2. Ponraj

3. Ramila Sreedhar

4. Maya Shyam Sunder

5. V.S. Rajasekar

6. Chaitanya Gundapu

7. Vijayshree Reddipalli

8. B.L.S. Jyothi

9. Rathnakar Paul

10. Jessie Edwards

11. Sasikala

12. Vijisriram

13. Vignesh Vaidyanathan

14. Shobana Chithra

HYDERABAD

1. Allu Roja

2. Chanda Sri Ram Bhushan

3. Sadasivani sai chaitanya

4. N. Arun Kumar

5. S. Sai charan

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6. Vivekina Koul

7. K. Hema gayatri

8. S.S.V. Phani Teja

9. Bandarapu Shantan

10. Vineesha patnam

11. P. Sruthi

12. Deepthi mary minj

13. Buddhiraju Kusuma

14. V.L.V.L.Sarath Sarma

15. P. Sahithi reddy

16. M. Shivani

17. Vasantha Vupputuri

18. Pallavi chanamolu

19. P. Dinesh Krishna Reddy

20. Sindhu Arroju

21. R. Kranthi

22. T. R. Divya Reddy

23. K. Sri Muhurtha

24. Ram nidhish bhadratula

25. Kiranmai

26. Mullapudi Vineel chandra

27. Kollabathina Prakash

28. sowmya Namburi

29. Pooja Rao Putrevu

30. Madhav Pudipeddi

31. Sri Rama Kartheek

32. B. Manohita Reddy

33. Seri Vineela

34. M. Sujith Kumar Reddy

35. Macha Nandhini Reddy

KOLKATA

1. H. N. Sutradhar

2. Anita Karnawat

3. Debdut Bosu

4. Dabanjali Rarhi

5. Shibaprasad Bhattacharya

6. Sagnik Maity

7. Sujay Mukherjee

8. Ibrak Hossain

9. Nandita Chowdhury

10. Sriparna Banerjee

11. Sipra Chowdhury

12. Sakti Dasgupta

13. Indranil Chowdhury

14. Tapasi Sen

15. Panchatapa

16. Ashutosh Kumar

17. Indrani Sengupta

18. Srija Chakraborty

19. Dipto Dey

20. Prakriti Chanda

21. Nupur Jain

22. Surabhi Saha (Meghai)

MUMBAI

1. Alisha Desai

2. Ami Kothari

3. Anjali Ghate

4. Aquila Ghafoor

5. Arati Joshi

6. Aruna Mogre

7. Ashwini Bhonsle

8. Divya Kotak

9. Jayna Patel

10. Kaajal Thadani

11. Kavita Sainani

12. Lata Shah

13. Leonard Britto

14. Manisha Patil

15. Niloo Doshi

16. Nisha Trivedi

17. Pallavi Shah

18. Phiroza Abraham

19. Purnima S Kotak

20. Rajesh Kumar

21. Rajesh Nerulkar

22. Rajni Barasia

23. Rekha Rairikar

24. Rina Shah

25. Rita Razdan

26. Sangita Kanaujia

27. Savita Datta

28. Sayed Zahid Ali

29. Sejal Nimesh Majithia

30. Shanti Fernandes

31. Sheetal Bhatkar

32. Shobhana Dugar

33. Shubhangi D’souza

34. Smita Sadashiv Patil

35. Sunita Katra

36. Sushma Shenai

37. Yashoda Gandhi

38. Zubaida Sayed

39. Seemonil Nargolwala

40. Sejal Parekh

41. Deepshika Sharma

42. Purnima Paruthi

43. Dishaa Desai

44. Nafisa Plumber

45. Satrupa Sengupta

46. Sailee Sheth

47. Trupti Wayal

48. Gaurie Pandit

49. Gunjan Shah

50. Ram Hardasani

51. Varsha Chottani

PUNE

1. Maheshwari Kumar

2. Radhika

3. Sandhya velankar

4. Mayur Buddiwant

5. Sagar Patil

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2017 - 18

A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS

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ACCOLADES FOR THE YEAR 2017-18

Make-A-Wish India is an Advanced Level – GuideStar India Gold certified charity for 2018

Award by Cipla Palliative Care Centre, Pune as part of their 20th year celebrations

NGO Leadership Award presented by World CSR Day in Delhi on 20th Dec, 2017

Award by Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai as part of their HOPE 2017 celebrations

Certificate of Merit award at the World CSR Congress held in Mumbai on 18th Feb, 2018

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SPIRIT 2018 WITH SUPPORT FROM ‘JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN’

SPIRIT 2018 EVENT MADE A MARK WITH SUPPORT BY JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN FOR

MAKING THIS EVENT A HUGE SUCCESS

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SPIRIT 2018: A BRIEF SYNOPSIS

To encourage children in age five to 18 years, diagnosed with cancer or survivors, to

demonstrate their talent, on the eve of International Childhood Cancer Day, an event called

“Spirit 2018” was conducted in the professional format.

Last year “Spirit 2017” was conducted as a funfair organized inside the NSCI at Worli. This

event saw almost 300+ kids diagnosed with cancer, come forth to enjoy the day. Bharat Ratna

Sachin Tendulkar graced the occasion to motivate and boost the morale of the kids.

In “Spirit 2018”, Make-A-Wish India with support from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mystique,

Artscape, Jewelers For Children and many NGO partners, organized an individual singing and

dancing talent show for cancer diagnosed kids and survivors. The event included auditions

round to semi-finals, professional coaching and the Grand Finale.

The cycle of the event from Auditions on 23rd & 24th Jan to the Grand Finale of Spirit 2018 on

10th Feb ’18 at Nehru Science Centre was quite a journey. To make it convenient for children

to participate, the Tata Memorial Hospital hosted the auditions in its auditorium. 161 children

participated with great zeal and were excited to get selected for the next rounds. Posters had

been put up in various centres like Tata Hospital, Borges Home, St. Jude Sewri, St. Jude Parel

and Indian Cancer Society.

The competition was fierce and there was no space for any complacency. It was a delight to

see that nothing stopped the children to participate in the competition, not even their being

on a wheelchair or having to use crutches. All the 161 participants were given participation

certificates, dietician approved tasty snack boxes and various gift hampers from sponsors like

Nestle, Disney, Cadbury, Dabur, dried fruits and stationery kits. In the semi-final round there

were 36 kids and then for the finals 18 kids were selected. These finalist kids were provided

with professional coaching for singing and dancing; they were also given custom-made dresses

to match their profile and eventually got a nice strolley bag, a duffel bag, tracksuit with a set of

three t-shirts and a trophy. In this event we had a very special child, Rehan Mirza, whose mother

was as excited as the kid. His mother shared with us “Rehan is going to be operated sometime

later after the event and his only wish was to perform in the finale one last time with both of his

legs. It was an emotional moment for him, as his mother told Make-A-Wish team that Rehan is

having his leg amputated by doctors to save his life”. It was not just Rehan, however, we met so

many kids with emotional stories during this event. We had two participants, Chidagni Pandey

and Khwaish Ansari, who came all the way from Kolkata just to participate in the event.

It wasn’t a cakewalk for the participants as they had to battle real hard to make their way to

the finals. After the quarter-finals all the selected participants were provided with individual

mentors to guide them. The participants practised really hard and our partner Artscape

executed the event with flying colours. They provided the participants with individual

mentors so that they get the best guidance and bolster their confidence to the zenith. Around

20 children got selected for the finals. There were regular practice sessions before the finals

in centres like Borges Home and Indian Cancer Society. Invitation cards were distributed to

various stakeholders, donors, volunteers and well-wishers.

The finale was held at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai on 10 February 2018. All the participants

from the audition round were called to see the event with their parents and before the

programme they were sent to watch the movie “Science Odyssey” in Nehru Science Centre. This

event would not have been possible without the volunteers, who came to us from Mystique,

Make-A-Wish India and Disney.

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The grand finale event was hosted by eminent mimicry artist Shrikant Rao and Deepak S

Bhatia — CEO at Make-A-Wish India. The event started with the opening song “Itni Shakti

Hume Dena Data”, sung by four kids who had come for auditions, but could not make it to

the finale list. This was followed by Deepak sharing the “Wish Journey” concept, to showcase

how memorable wishes get granted. This started with Mr. Uday Joshi the founder of Make-A-

Wish India sharing how as a parent he lost his son to cancer and got inclined to start the wish

granting programme in India. This was followed by Dr. Banavali – HOD Paediatrics at Tata

Memorial Hospital, sharing how granting of a wish has helped children to stay positive and not

abandon their medical treatment.

The next person on stage was Bhavya Gandhi aka Tappu from Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chashma

who recited one of his poems and shared his experience and talked about his mother Yashoda

Gandhi’s journey with Make-A-Wish India. She has been associated with Make-A-Wish India

for almost three years. To show how wish experience is made memorable, there was a special

performance by Mr. Luke, who has been associated with Make-A-Wish India for many years,

and in spite of his busy schedule, flew down from US to perform with the children. Last but

not the least was our wish child Harsh, who was under the treatment of Dr. Banavali, whose

wish to have a Mitashi CD system was granted in 2004, which helped him like music and thus

not abandon his medical treatment. Today, Harsh is studying civil engineering at IIT Bombay

and has completed his 2nd year successfully. It was now time for Shrikant to show his skills

with the kids with mimicry in voices of various celebrities. He very beautifully compered the

evening and the audience stayed glued to their seats. Mr. Shiamak Davar and Master Marzi

Pestonji, eminent choreographers in the dance industry, made a smashing entry in the event

to cheer up our children.

Our eminent judges: (singing) — Mr. Sairam Iyer, Mr. Amit Sinha, Mr. Rabbani Khan and

dancing — Dr Sheela Bhutala, Ms. Mini Pradhan and Mrs. Komal Shah, were impressed with

the children’s performances and showcased a bit of their own talent, with Sairam singing in

both male & female voices being the highlight of the evening. Eminent personalities came up

on the stage to hand over the trophies to all the 18 finalists, who had either won the contest, or

bagged the first or second runner-up slot in the event.

The Bharatnatyam dance performance by Chidagni received a standing ovation by all present.

The event concluded with our Trustee Mr. Bobby Kothari presenting the vote of thanks on

behalf of Make-A-Wish India and Team Mystique. He thanked all the well-wishers, volunteers,

the children and their families who made Spirit 2018 a big hit.

Post the event, one of our participants Harsh Modi shared with his father: “Papa, today I felt

like I don’t have any problem anymore.” Laxmi Priya one of the participants who couldn’t

make it to the finals but reached the venue just to watch the Finale kept asking us why we

didn’t choose her as a finalist. However, she enjoyed the programme and was very happy in

the end.

And not to forget our brave heart Rehan, who gave us a fantastic dance performance on the

song of Bajirao Mastaani, collected his trophy & prizes and then rushed to the hospital by 8 pm

for getting admitted for his surgery that was performed on 12th Feb. These kids really showed

us on 10th Feb that they really are brave hearts and it is they who motivate us to go that extra

mile every day to make every wish come true. Transforming lives, one wish at a time.

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OUR WISH-GRANTING PARTNERS

Working in partnership with Jewelers For Children, Make-A-Wish

India was able to establish a foothold for hope and happiness in a

country where wishes used to go unanswered. As a result, thousands

of children have already seen their often humble, but heartfelt,

wishes become a reality. Thanks to Jewelers For Children, India’s sick

children, their families and medical caregivers, now sometimes dare

to dream. They dream of little miracles at first – a new toy, some new

clothes, something musical. And, as they see these wishes met, one by

one, twenty by twenty, these people begin to dream new things. They

dream of days that have no pain, of lives spent at home with loved

ones, of full recoveries. This is the real magic of Make-A-Wish India.

Time and again, KidZania has partnered with Make-A-Wish foundation

to create memories enabling positive impact on society.

Speaking on the Kidzania – Make-A-Wish association, Mr. Viraj Jit

Singh (CMO, KidZania), said: “At KidZania, it’s our mission to promote

positive change and build strong community awareness among our

children. In India we have two programmes: “Kids for a Cause” where

our kid visitors are empowered to contribute positively to society and

the “Kids for a Better World” where we target to host at least 10,000

less privileged and specially abled children each calendar year and

ensure they get an equal opportunity to experience KidZania and

understand the world around them better. We are extremely happy to

partner with Make-A-Wish for their unique initiative and look forward

to working with them again to spread happiness and the experience of

Kidzania to kids all over.”

Cox & Kings has been supporting Make-A-Wish India for travel wishes.

Make-A-Wish India is overwhelmed by the support from Cox & Kings.

Wishes like that of Sravanan who wished to visit Shirdi temple, Lokesh

who wished to visit Ooty with his parents, Suhas Kamat who wished

to visit Taj Mahal and Tanush who wanted to visit Mysore are some of

the most cherished wishes that were made possible, courtesy

Cox & Kings.

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OUR WISH-GRANTING PARTNERS

The Ecole Mondiale World School organized a special event known as

‘Compete to Defeat’ on 9th February 2018. The main goal was to create

awareness about cancer and identify patients who are in need of

financial help for the treatment of cancer. The students of the school

got to experience the process of wish granting as they were presenting

the gifts to our wish children. In order to support this cause Ecole

Mondiale granted 74 wishes of children. Ecole Mondiale has been

granting wishes and transforming lives of children with critical illness

for the past many years.

Mumbai Aviation Fuel Farm Facility Private Limited (MAFFFL) is a

Joint Venture Company (JVC) comprising of M/s Mumbai International

Airport Private Limited (MIAL), M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited

(IOCL), M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and M/s

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Mafffl has been

supporting Make-A-Wish India for laptop wishes. Make-A-Wish India

thanks MAFFFL for all the overwhelming support for the wishes.

Nazara Technologies Ltd is one of the leading mobile games company

headquartered in Mumbai, which is engaged in acquisition of, value

addition to and distribution, of mobile games across emerging markets

such as India, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and Latin America.

Nazara has been supporting Make-A-Wish through one of its games

called ‘Chhota Bheem Jungle Run’ on Play Store. In the game you

collect some hundreds of laddoos to grant one wish. And that’s how

Nazara has been helping out Make-A-Wish India with wishes.

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The Kids For Wish Kids® programme allows kids to help grant the wishes

of kids with life-threatening medical conditions. When kids decide to

take the initiative to raise fund to grant wishes, then with the help of

Ketto (an online fundraising platform) Make-A-Wish India creates a

page dedicated to the child with all the details and asks for the funds.

Kids then spread the cause across their circles on various social media

platforms seeking donations.

Teachers and parents often serve as advisors, but ownership of the

project belongs solely to the kids involved. Kids like Naisha Dadwania

and Aashi Doshi from Aditya Birla School and Madhulika and

Shreyanshi from Bombay International School have helped Make-A-

Wish India grant wishes.

If you like to refer Make-A-Wish India to any school, just drop a mail to

ceo@makeawishindia.org.

Kids for Wish Kids® PROGRAMME

Naisha Dadwania helped raise almost ₹25,000 for granting wishes

Aashi Doshi helped raise almost ₹15,000 for granting wishes

Madhulika Singh helped raise almost ₹10,000 for granting wishes

Shreyanshi Nandigam helped raise almost ₹11,250 for granting wishes

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ACTIVITIES OF MAKE-A-WISH ACROSS INDIA

EVENTS:

AHMEDABAD DIVISION Surendranagar ART centre which is in the Mahatma Gandhi General

Hospital complex took an initiative and allowed us to do our wish

fulfilment programme.

The programme was held at Govt. General Hospital and started with

a fitness workout by Folk Fitness instructors. Children seemed very

happy and actively participated in the programme. They enjoyed the

whole session.

Later on, wish fulfilment programme started in the presence of Dr

Rathod, Dean of Junagadh Medical College. We fulfilled 20 wishes here

in the presence of wish children, their siblings, their parents, staff of

hospital and our volunteers.

BANGALORE DIVISION The Ritz Carlton Bangalore made the Wish Kids feel special at the

“Tree Lighting” event at their hotel on Wednesday, 22nd Nov 2017.

The staff at Ritz put together a unique way to grant wishes in

this festive season and to ensure that their long-stay guests are

made to feel special; they started celebrations early with the

Thanksgiving Week.

CHENNAI DIVISIONOn 10th June ’17, 27 children from Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital and

Stanley Govt Hospital along with their parents gathered at our office

premises at 9:30 am. All the kids were looking forward to receiving

their most cherished wish items. We had planned a small event for the

children. A few of our volunteers spent quality time interacting with

the children. It was very heartening to see that two of our volunteers

had also brought their children to participate and they were very keen

to inculcate the true happiness one gets while volunteering.

Mr Ganesh Moorthy our volunteer and MC initiated the event by

welcoming the children and their parents. Two of his associates, Mr

Jagan Mohan (Head of Agriculture division) and Mr Venkateswaran

(Private Secretary, State Planning Commission) had graced the

occasion and were keen to learn about the activities of MAW. The

dignitaries were honoured by the children with shawls.

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DELHI DIVISIONTo spread love and joy this 14th November, Children’s Day, we were

able to grant wishes of children suffering from life-threatening

medical conditions. There were various activities conducted before

wish granting which included painting, tattoo making, games, etc. We

thank Hang Out Select City Walk Delhi and our volunteers Rohan and

Varad for helping us carry out the Children’s Day event successfully in

Delhi. One of our volunteers said, “You really don’t need to thank us, it’s

our duty as volunteers to do this work plus I really enjoyed doing it.”

Wish-Granting Saturday

We were able to grant wishes of children suffering from life-threatening

medical conditions. There were various activities conducted before

wish granting which included painting, tattoo making, games, etc. We

thank Hang out Select City Walk Delhi and our volunteers for making

it a success.

HYDERABAD DIVISIONChildren’s Day Celebration

In celebration of Children’s Day, we fulfilled wishes of children with

life-threatening illness receiving treatment at different hospitals. To

bring cheer to our Wish Kids who had gathered with their parents, the

event was held at our office premises.

Christmas Celebration

A Christmas event was organized for the kids at the office on the

twentieth of December. The volunteers put up the Christmas tree and

the decorations. The tree was decorated with various ornaments and

also with stars and lights. A few games and some songs were played

for the children’s entertainment.

KOLKATA DIVISIONOn 8th March 2018, Thursday, International Women’s Day was

celebrated at the ‘Seminar Hall’ of Institute of Child Health Hospital

(ICH), Kolkata from 10.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m in collaboration with the

hospital and its doctors. The highlight of the programme was granting

wishes of children suffering from life threatening diseases and making

their dreams come true.

The programme witnessed a ‘Drawing Competition’ conducted by Ms.

Maala Bhattacharya, a renowned artist of Kolkata.

The programme was inaugurated by ICH doctor, Dr. Rajiv Sinha,

Nephrology unit.

Dr. Sakil of the Nephrology unit gave a short presentation on

Nephrological problems. Gifts & prizes were distributed to the children

by the doctors of the ICH Hospital.

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ACTIVITIES ON WORLD WISH DAY ACROSS INDIA

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UNIQUE WISHES

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UNIQUE WISHES

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GOVERNANCE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Uday JoshiFounder Trustee

Maneck DavarManaging trustee

Ashish P. Kothari Trustee

Suhas Deshpande Trustee

Colin Shah Trustee

Nohid NooreyezdanTrustee

Ritu ChhabriaTrustee

Neerja BirlaTrustee

Deepak S Bhatia CEO

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Bhakti Lad Admin Assistant

Kishor KulkarniFinance Head

Ranjana Jaiswar Accounts Assistant

Kunal JainSalesforce Developer

Vishwanath ParabAccounts Assistant

Nupur SinghAssistant Communication Manager

Vandana DograAssistant Wish Granting Manager

TEAM MAKE-A-WISH INDIA

HEAD OFFICE TEAM

Deepak S Bhatia CEO

DIVISION TEAM

Roopande Shah Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Ahmedabad Division

Mrs NethravathiAssistant Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Bangalore Division

Francis YProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Chennai Division.

Aashna SinghProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Delhi Division.

Shashi ChandraProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Hyderabad Division

Sahana Sen Program Coordinator, MAWFI, Kolkata Division

Sophia FalcaoProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Mumbai Division.

Sweta BakiwalaProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Jaipur Division.

Akhila KoparkarProgram Coordinator, MAWFI, Pune Division.

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AUDITORS REPORT

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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 corporate,

individuals and funding agencies through

enhanced communication using

effective IT Solutions and Online activities

LEADERSHIP

and

Share the Power of a Wish ®

J o i n u s

WAY FORWARD

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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

www.makeawishindia.org

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