When every hour counts
Intensive care that a family could not have paid for alone.
Medical Crowdfunding
One bill. One family. Thousands of hands.
How ordinary people, giving together, pay for treatment that no single family could, and how we make sure it reaches the patient.
Chapter 01The moment
It starts with a number on a hospital estimate.
A father is told his child needs urgent surgery. The estimate is more than the family earns in two years. There is no insurance, and no relative with that kind of money.
In a village in Madhya Pradesh, this is not a rare story. It is a Tuesday. A single illness can undo a lifetime of work, and the hours lost in searching for money are hours the patient does not have.
Medical emergencies are among the biggest reasons families fall into debt.
Chapter 02The turn
A small gift, multiplied by many people.
Crowdfunding is the process of raising funds with the help of people across the country. Anyone can raise funds this way: a newborn child, a senior citizen, or an NPO standing beside them.
No single gift has to be large. When many people give a little for the same patient, the bill that looked impossible is met within days.
₹100
from one person
₹1,00,000
toward one patient
An example of the arithmetic, not a record of one case.
Where the giving reaches
Chapter 03The method
How we carry a case from request to recovery
- 1
A family reaches out
They bring the hospital's estimate and the medical papers to our team, often on the same day the bill arrives.
- 2
We verify, then we speak
The diagnosis, documents and hospital are checked first. Only a verified case is ever shared with supporters.
- 3
The community gives
The case is shared widely. Anyone can contribute, and no amount is too small to count.
- 4
Funds go to the hospital
Money is paid toward the treatment cost and the family is kept informed at every step.
- 5
We account for it
Receipts, reports and updates are open to every donor through our transparency pages.
Chapter 04The people
Behind every number is a bed, and someone waiting beside it.
Faces are kept private, and photos are shared only with the family's consent.
From the hospital bed to home
Left: the family at home. Right: the weeks it took to get back there.
“When our family faced a serious medical emergency, Sahara Jan Kalyan Samiti stepped in. Their timely aid gave us hope in a tough time.”
A child, and a family's fear
Strangers chose to carry part of a parent's worry.
The operation that could not wait
Surgery and recovery paid through a community fundraiser.
Breathing, with help
Life-support costs covered so treatment never stopped midway.
The smallest patients
Newborn intensive care, where each day in the unit has a cost.
The road back home
Medicines and follow-up care that bring a patient home.
Chapter 05The result
What two decades of giving together has added up to
- 0+
- Patients supported
- 0+
- Direct & indirect beneficiaries
- 2004
- Working since
Patients supported with treatment assistance
People reached across all our programmes
Years of service, registered and accountable
Figures from our own records. See the full reports on the transparency pages.
The next family is already in a waiting room. You can be part of their story.