A worthy cause which needs your support

You can help in saving lives of Pre-term babies in Neo-natal ICU, who need Mother's milk for survival!

In ​India, ​o​ut of 27 million new born, 3.6 million babies are prematurely born annually and 3,03,600 babies die due to premature birth complications.    

Due to under developed digestive system they can’t digest formula milk, feeding them with it can cause complicated digestive diseases.

​​They need their mothers’ milk for survival. ​

In case when the mother herself is struggling for her life in ICU or if the baby looses his/her mother at the time of delivery, providing mother’s milk is a big challenge for the family as well as the doctors.

 ‘Human Milk Collection Centre’ can be the answer for the above mentioned problem. Some of the healthy mothers in the society come to the Centre and donate theri excess milk, after feeding their own child. It is then collected, pasteurized and stored (at Under -20 degree) in the milk banks and used for those ill babies in the NICUS. Working for awareness of the milk banks is an important need for healthy society tomorrow. This is can be achieved in the following ways. 

Rotary Club of Pune Pride has planned to build such Human Milk Collection Centres at various locations in Pune.

Cost of a typical Collection Center is Rs. 1,04,000. We are planning to install 6 collection centers in Pune. Cost: Rs. 6.24 Lakhs.

We appeal to you to donate only Rs. 100 to help in this cause! Can you do this for the babies please?

Who are we?

Rotary club of Pune Pride’ (RCPP) is a constituent of Rotary International, world’s largest NGO with more than hundred years of credible history. RCPP has conceived and implemented several community service projects directly benefiting deprived sections of the society. RCPP has, over the last five years, executed following projects amounting to more than Rupees three crores, with targeted performance.

1.      Rotary Blood Bank at Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital

2.     Teacher's Training Program to train 1,200 primary school teachers in novel                     methods  of teaching mathematics

3.      Ganit Olympiad for school students

4.      Rotary Human Milk Bank at Sahyadri Hospital

5.      Rotary Distance Education program in schools

6.      Baby Warmers at Sahyadri Hospital

7.      ‘Pediatric Development Centre’ at Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital

8.      Mobile Blood Collection Van at Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital

9.      Computer Laboratory for blind persons