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WHEELS Global Foundation and One World One Family Foundation host fundraiser for rural healthcare in India
The primary focus of the evening was to raise funds for the Sri Sathya Sai Foundation’s launch of a free 600-bed multi-specialty hospital in rural India.
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Deepika Chopra - Sun, 27, Apr 2025
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Madhusudan Swami and Sunil Gavaskar addressing WHEELS GLOBAL FOUNDATION 's fund raising event / Wheels Global Foudation
In a heartening display of community spirit and global compassion, WHEELS Global Foundation (WGF) and One World One Family Foundation (OWOF) co-hosted an evening of inspiration and fundraising in support of rural healthcare in India. The event, held at Virginia residence of Indian American philanthropist and WHEELS’ Trustee TK Mukherjee, brought together supporters, visionaries, and changemakers, with cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Madhusudan gracing the occasion as chief guests.
The primary focus of the evening was to bring awareness to joint health initiatives by WGF and OWOF and raise funds for the Sri Sathya Sai Foundation’s launch of a free 600-bed multi-specialty hospital in rural India. This hospital will be a part of the Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, a monumental step toward accessible, completely free, world-class healthcare for underserved communities.
WHEELS’ vice-chairman Suresh Shenoy and Sai Madhusudan presented their vision for rural transformation and right to free healthcare for rural communities. Their remarks highlighted WGF’s commitment to impactful healthcare delivery, scalable solutions, and cross-sector collaboration to reach India’s most vulnerable populations.
Additional key leaders from WGF included Ratan Agarwal (President), Hitendra Ghosh (Trustee & President Emeritus), Ashok Siddhanti (Trustee), Amb Pradeep Kapur (Chair, Livelihood Council), Dr Smita Siddhanti (Co-chair, Livelihood Council), Madhur Khanna (Co-Chair, Water Council), Dr Raj Shah (Chair, Health Council), and Dr Bindukumar Kansupada (Co-chair, Health Council).
A Major Step Forward: Nutrition and Schools
A key milestone during the evening was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between WHEELS Global Foundation and the Sri Sathya Sai Foundation, marking the beginning of a new chapter in grassroots development. The MoU enables the rollout of the Annapoorna Foundation’s nutrition program in Aravalli, Gujarat, signed by Sri Sathya Sai Madhusudan Ji and Amb. Pradeep Kapur.
WHEELS and Sri Sathya Sai Foundation are partnering across many areas of health. Anchored by existing chain of paediatric hospitals and upcoming 600-bed free hospital, two partners aim to scale WHEELS’ Rural Telemedicine Centre model to 6,000 talukas over next decade.
WHEELS’s flagship initiative Newborn & Maternal Health (already running in five States) and Annapoorna’s school meals program offers perfect synergies to ensure future healthy citizens from rural India. WHEELS plans to introduce several low-cost health screening innovations coming from IITs through Sai Mobile Clinics so as to enable rural communities with timely and affordable medical care.
The event served as a powerful reminder of WHEELS and its partners’ growing global commitment to healthy communities worldwide. By uniting philanthropy, technology, and spirituality, the collaboration is addressing fundamental issues like affordable healthcare access and child malnutrition.
WHEELS , by deploying such programs, aims to achieve the shared objectives of Technology Driven Transformation of India’s 20% of “Rurban” population that is 180m+ people, by 2030 in support of India’s vision of becoming a developed economy by 2047.
The author is the Marketing and Communications Manager, WHEELS Global Foundation.
(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of New India Abroad)
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