Golden Butterflies - Happiness by the Bowl

As the novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) spreads worldwide, lakhs of people succumb to COVID-19 (COrona VIrus Disease), and healthcare systems crumble under the weight, while patients with other ailments mostly slip under the radar of care. The Pandemic across India since March 2020 has made access to scheduled treatment difficult for our child patients, and transportation to get there (in absence of public transport) scarce and expensive.

Further, families of many of our patients, being daily wage earners or from out-of-city/state, suffer from a lack of Job, and consequently cannot afford living expenses. Child-patients’ growing bodies need additional nutrients to cope with the medications, and the absence of basic nutrition and hygiene also threatens the safely of the already immunocompromised child.

We seek support for the transportation of child patients to and from hospitals for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

We seek nutritional support in the form of hygiene kits for some impoverished child patients and their families to support them financially as and when needed.

1.   Provision of nutritional support to 10 impoverished child-patients and their families, further disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic @ INR 1000 per child-patient per month.

2.   Transportation costs for 6 child-patients from their place of stay to the treating hospital and back @ INR 1,000/- per family per month. INR 1,000/- is calculated for an average distance (up and down) ncluding waiting charges. To minimize risk to the immunocompromised child patients during the epidemic, treatment schedules are being modified such that they only need to visit the treating hospital once a month, unless there is an emergency.  

Nutrition is the most important need for a child who is on Chemotheraphy.Child-patient growing bodies require nutrition to cope up with the medical effect. They need to build ther immunity to fight the disease and improve their white blood cells count. Most children can be active and feel more healthy when given the best food. They can get back to school and live normal lives like other children. Transportation support helps the child-patient to receive their treatment on time as delay in treatment leads to medical challenges.

Golden Butterflies timely support improves the quality of life of our child patients and their familes can lead a life with dignity.