Ekam Foundation (Ekam) is a non-profit organization engaged in providing timely and quality healthcare for
the newborn infants of poor and vulnerable communities in government hospitals
of Tamilnadu State in Southern India.
Ekam was formally inaugurated
on Doctor’s day July 1st 2007 as a Community
Pediatric Project of CIOSA (Confederation of Indian Organisations for service
and Advocacy) which is the CSR initiative of Mafoi foundation, Chennai.
Ekam Foundation spun off as
separate organization in August 2009. We are also happy to inform you that
Ekam changed into a Public private partnership model by joining hands with the
government health department on 14th Nov, 2008.
We are basically working for
the health care of underprivileged children in Tamilnadu, India.
We admit poor children in
private hospitals with whom we have networked and reimburse the subsidies given
by them. We bring in support for the hospitalization (secondary &
tertiary care) of the children admitted in Private Hospitals and also support Government
Hospitals by renting ventilators, providing lab support & medicines for the
children with special healthcare needs. A child by definition for us is below
19yrs.
We have partnered with
another NGO, Disha foundation and have now come up with a health assurance
model called Paripoorna Bala Suraksha ( PBS) which is a Comprehensive
Pediatric Health Coverage for very poor children in Chennai,
Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram.
