Maharashtra

Samta Foundation brings quality and reliable healthcare to rural and tribal regions of India where it is needed the most. Our dedicated grassroots team works with the Government to reach more people and create healthier villages.

Our Healthcare Initiatives

Cataract Cure

Cataract Cure

SERVICES

  • Awareness Drives in Villages
  • Free Screening Camps
  • Free Transport and Food
  • Counselling with Local Field Officers
  • Free Treatment & Surgeries
  • Free Post-Surgical Care

 

 

  • Free Medicines
  • Free Protective Glasses
  • Collaborating with Charitable Trust Hospitals
  • Collaborating with Government
  • Combing Operations to Remove Backlogs

Cataract Cure

IMPACT & RESULTS*

  • Initiated in 2012
  • 13,677 diagnostic camps
  • 13,90,230 patients screened
  • 5,72,834 cataract surgeries
  • 1,320 surgeries in Uganda
  • Regained mobility
  • Greater independence
  • Overall sense of well-being

 

 

  • Highly-effective with long-term impact
  • Positive response and acceptance
  • Successful surgeries demonstrated to convince other patients

REACH

  • Across Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh
*Till March 2023

Mother and Child Care

Mother and Child Care

SERVICES

  • Awareness Campaigns to End Malnutrition
  • Free Camps with Specialised Doctors
  • Free Checkups
  • Enrolling Pregnant Women
  • Identify and Treat Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
  • Free Medical Care & Supervision
  • Urgent Hospitalisation

 

  • Blood Transfusion
  • Free Counselling
  • Monitoring Growth Charts
  • Free Nutritional Supplements
  • Collaborating with Primary Health Care Centres

Mother and Child Care

IMPACT & RESULTS*

  • Launched in Palghar District in 2018
  • 2,63,786 mother-child care beneficiaries
  • Long-term benefits over generations
  • 27,387 SAM & MAM children treated
  • 18,409 high-risk mothers treated
  • Fewer children with wasting and stunting
  • Fewer babies born with low birth weight
  • Sharp fall in infant mortality

 

REACH

  • 122 Primary Health Care Centres in Palghar District
  • Across Nandurbar, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli & Melghat Districts, Maharashtra
*Till March 2023

Family Planning

Family Planning

SERVICES

  • Awareness Campaigns
  • Couple Counselling
  • Free Transport
  • Renovation of Operation Theaters
  • Free Operation Equipment

 

  • Free Surgeries
  • Post-surgical Care
  • Free Prescribed Medicines
  • Collaborating with Primary Health Care Centres
  • Collaborating with Government

Family Planning

IMPACT & RESULTS*

  • 66,208 counselled
  • 50,739 family planning surgeries
  • Reduced pregnancies

 

REACH

  • Started in 2013 in Jawhar Taluka, Palghar District
  • Scaled up to Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Melghat Districts
*Till March 2023

Health Support

Health Support

SERVICES

  • Plastic Surgeries
  • Free Vision Corrective Spectacles
  • Cancer Detection
  • Mammography Van

 

  • Menstrual Hygiene
  • Police Eye Camps
  • School Eye Camps

Health Support

IMPACT & RESULTS*

  • 447 plastic surgeries
  • 45 cancer patients detected in Uganda
  • 2,404 cancer screenings completed in Uganda

 

 

  • 11,250 sanitary napkins distributed to ASHA Workers and Angel Foundation girls
  • 7,354 spectacles in Police camps
  • 7,018 spectacles in school camps
*Till December 2022

Our Process

The key to our effectiveness lies in consistency and planning programs at regular intervals. Backed by qualified doctors, we create seamless systems and dive hands-on to run treatment until its solution, guiding each person and addressing their needs.

From the Grassroots

Cataract: From Diagnosis to Cure

Our Initiatives

Education

We set up computer labs and vocational infrastructure and provide trained teachers. Our computer curriculum has been designed by IIT, Bombay

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Prisoner Transformation

We work with prison officers to conduct regular camps, cure patients of skin and eye diseases and improve the quality of life

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Community Services

We create sanitation awareness and provide meals and shelter to patients from rural areas visiting hospitals in cities

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Stories of Real Change

Eknathji’s account: Community Service

Samta Annachattra provides welcome relief to relatives of patients from rural regions coming to city hospitals

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Harsha’s story: Vocational Course

A shy girl took steps for self-empowerment and found financial independence for herself, and her family

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Janu’s story: Cataract Cure

As the elderly man’s eyesight worsened, a specialised Cataract Surgery gave him more than the ability to see

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