It was a simple wish for this Class X girl. She wanted a laptop to help her prepare for the civil services. She also wanted to meet the District Collector to ask her about preparing for the civil services.
Both the wishes of this little girl, who is suffering from a cardiology problem, were granted on Tuesday by the Make A Wish Foundation of India, a non-profit organisation that works to grant the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions in the age group of 3-18 years.
Collector Archana Patnaik met the child along with 16 other children suffering from cancer at a programme hosted by the Sri Ramakrishna Hospital. While some of the children wanted toys and figurines of their favourite heroes, others wanted puzzles, bicycles and cricket equipment. Deepak Bhatia, Chief Executive Officer of Make A Wish India Foundation, said that the organisation had granted the wishes of 5,000 children and was planning to grand another 95,000 wishes.
C.V. Ramkumar, CEO, SNR Sons Charitable Trust, P. Sukumaran, Dean, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, P. Guhan, Director, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Oncology and Research, took part.
The Make A Wish Foundation of India was looking for volunteers to identify children with life threatening conditions. Those interested can contact Anita Fatima at 94421 27365.
