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The foundation should get engaged to promote scientific studies,
education, and support journals dissipating knowledge about
diseases suffered by these special children. It should express
opinions of these children on their behalf to society, government,
nongovernmental organizations, and the media.
The foundation may organize medical camps, seminars, training
programs, or take up other activities to fulfill the aims and
objects of the trust.
The foundation should cooperate and/or affiliate with
organizations with similar aims and objectives.
Membership: Membership of this foundation should be open to
anyone who has interest in the welfare of special children. Any
person who has obtained the pediatric surgery specialization degree
from a recognized university can become a full member and others
can become associate members of the foundation.
The trust shall give special recognition to its members
depending upon their contribution either by the way of money or by
time. The board of trustees should execute day-to-day activities of
trust as per its aims and objectives. The Trust Board should be
This brief write up is to give an idea about the Child Health
Initiatives by Pediatric Surgeons (CHIPS) Foundation. The
foundation will be shortly registered with the Registrar of
Society. The first project of the foundation, to bring awareness on
the theme Save Fetus with Treatable Anomalies: They also have a
right to live, has received excellent enthusiasm among the
pediatric surgical fraternity with nationwide involvement of many
institutions and pediatric surgeons, who have carried out free
consultations, organized theme-based seminars, and displayed
awareness banners. The Facebook group of CHIPS FOUNDATION is very
active in spreading the awareness of theme as well [Figure 1].
The CHIPS Foundation is a social initiative by the Indian
Association of Pediatric Surgeons to promote the health of children
suffering from some form of congenital or acquired disease that
need care by pediatric surgeons and they will be termed as special
children in the rest of the document.
Vision of the CHIPS Foundation: The vision of CHIPS Foundation
is to become a bridge in providing all-inclusive quality healthcare
to special children that will help them to have an independent and
good life.
Mission of the CHIPS Foundation: The mission of the CHIPS
Foundation is to bring awareness about the problems faced by
special children, to find solutions to limit their morbidity and
disability, and to create a platform to discuss issues on their
behalf with governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
Aims and objects of the foundation include: To uphold and
safeguard constitutional rights of the special children and to
bring awareness about the needs of special children. In addition,
it should also support, protect, and uphold the status, interest,
prestige, and dignity of special children.
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Figure 1: It shows the outline of aims and objectives of the
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elected as per the constitution of the trust from its full
members.
The trust should collect donations, gifts, and grants for its
aims and objectives. All money belonging to the trust should be
kept in current or savings accounts with a nationalized bank. All
bank accounts and investments shall be in the name of the trust.
The accounts of the association shall be audited annually by 30th
September
every year. The audited accounts shall be presented before the
annual general body meeting of the trust.
Rasik S. ShahPast President, Indian Association of Pediatric
Surgeons
Address for correspondence: Dr. Rasik S. Shah, F/5, Pannalal
Terraces, Grant Road, Mumbai - 400 007, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: [email protected]
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