TCF initiated Healthcare Referral Facilitation Services to India for Patients from West Africa

Tulsi Chanrai Foundation working in the areas of primary healthcare services for last 20 years in Nigeria understands that there is a tremendous need & gap that exists in secondary and tertiary levels of treatment in the country. For these needs of healthcare management patients are often required to cross borders and look for treatment outside of the country.

However, everyone in such need faces questions and dilemmas about where to go and whom to approach in order to get Quality CURATIVE services from a TRUSTED Facility and personalized ASSISTANCE in an alien country.

To address this, We at Tulsi Chanrai Foundation have initiated the Healthcare Facilitation services for the patient’s to help & Assist the patient to get the needed quality CURE at the best medical facilities across India.

To begin with, we plan to refer the patients to one of the most TRUSTED Chanrai group hospital – JASLOK Hospital in Mumbai. But also, in case the patient needs to undertake his/her treatment in some other hospital we are ready to assist support too.

TCF will provide Assistance in the areas of initial consultant opinion about the line of treatment, duration of stay, cost estimates, Visa-travel assistance, and hassle free direct admissions in the hospital, stay arrangements for the attendant or family members and other associated services.

TCF will not charge any fees from the patients towards the Assistance. However, all the cost related to the travel and treatment will be borne by the patient or his/her family members/sponsors.

For further details contact:

Kuldeep S Manhas

Email Id : kuldeep.manhas@tcfnigeria.org / kuldeep.manhas@gmail.com

Phone No.: 00234-8143910682 / 8187908052 / 7027964479 (Nigeria)

Office Address: Adams House, 27 Mississipi Street, Maitama, Abuja.

Website: www.tcfnigeria.org

SOSACO supported 3281 cataract surgeries in 2012

TCF was able to bring back vision into the lives 3281 remote and disadvantaged Nigerian population with the support of Sosaco Nigeria Ltd.  

“We would like to extend our gratitude to Tulsi Chanrai Foundation for providing this opportunity to serve humanity through its continuous and ongoing efforts over all these years and wish them all the best for coming years too.” Says Mr. Shailesh Kumar, Managing Director, Sosaco Nigeria Ltd.

Sosaco Nigeria Ltd (SNL), a consumer products company, forayed into Nigeria market in late 90’s. Since its inception in 1998, the SNL has become one of the fastest consumer foods products company in Nigeria. Within a short span of over a decade the company is counted among the top food products company in Nigeria. SNL is an affiliate of Watanmal Group, a Honkong based MNC, that has footprints in more than 30 countries in Africa serving millions of satisfied consumers every day globally.

The business scope of SNL is mainly branded and packaged quality food products such as canned Tomato Paste, Milk Powder, Mayonnaise, Seasonings, Canned Vegetables and many more. These products are sold under the flagship brands of SNL,viz, GINO, JAGO, BAMA & POMO. These brands have become household names in a short span of time.

The main factor for SNL’s success story in Nigeria is its consumer orientation. The company continuously strives to identify consumer needs and then serve those needs by developing suitable quality products through its global R&D center in India. SNL was the first company in Nigeria to bring Tomato paste in easy to open Sachet. All our products are developed from best quality ingredients and pass through strictest quality checks following global best practices.

The company invests billions of Nairas every year in marketing activities to create awareness of its brands and products among consumers. This relent pursuit for consumer satisfaction has helped us in gaining and sustaining leadership position in most of the product segments we operate today. 

These efforts helped GINO attaining a SUPERBRAND status in Nigeria. Over years SNL has invested billions of Nairas in backward integration by putting up its own state of the art manufacturing plants in Nigeria. These plants produce Tomato Paste, Milk Products and Seasonings. These investments are part of company’s agenda of inclusive growth in Nigeria by creating local capabilities and employment over medium to long term.  SNL and its affiliates today provides livelihood to hundreds of employees and to thousands of families. 

As part of its corporate social responsibility, company has been involved in several social welfare initiatives in Nigeria, prominent amongst which has been association of over more than last five years with initiative of Tulsi Chanrai Foundation for supporting the noble cause of Eye care by means of sponsoring the surgeries for restoring sight of several thousands of vision impaired Nigerians.

TCF wishes all the very best to Sosaco Nigeria Ltd.

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Featured Partner: Enpee Group

Recently, with the assistance of TCF and in collaboration with the Ogun State Government, the Enpee Group organised, financed & screened Ogun indigenes for curable eye ailments. The Group sponsored the entire Eye camp expenses including outreach, sensitization, indentifying the beneficiaries, inspection, transportation to eye hospital, providing reading glasses, cost of surgeries and boarding and lodging at TCF managed Calabar Eye Hospital for the patients requiring cataract or corrective surgery. The entire project took 8 months to plan and execute in various stages including post-operative check-ups.  

"We thank TCF for their extensive experience and professionalism in which they supported Enpee group to execute the Eye Camp at Ogun State in 2012. The partnership with TCF enabled Enpee Group to successfully reach out to over 4,000 Ogun State Indigenes” Says Mr. Vinod D Ganglani, Group Managing Director of Enpee Group.

The Enpee group is into several manufacturing ventures including production of:

• polyester fibre
• spinning of yarn
• textiles
• plastics
• metal packaging
• flexible packaging
• soaps & cosmetics
• cement
• glues & adhesives
• cables & wires
• construction chemicals
• printing inks
• cylinder engraving

The Enpee Group has also set up manufacturing units in Asia (India & UAE) for flexible packaging, cylinder engraving & film surface treatments and is actively exporting printed laminated packaging to various destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe & USA.

In Nigeria, the Enpee Group comprises of 5 manufacturing companies, of which 3 are located in Ogun State.

These companies are:

• Avon Crowncaps & Containers Plc, based at Otta and which is today the largest metal packaging company in West Africa and a publicly traded company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Under Avon is its subsidiary Finechemicals Nigeria Limited, which manufactures inks, cylinders & polypropylene film.

• Purechem Manufacturing Limited, also located in Otta, is currently the only manufacturer of construction chemicals in Nigeria & the West African region.  Their product portfolio also includes an entire range of consumer & industrial glues & adhesives as well as aluminium/copper cables & wires.

• Purechem Industries Limited, which is located in Onigbedu village and the only mini-cement plant in Nigeria. Recently, this company has also started the manufacture of fibre cement roofing sheets & flat sheets using their own cement.

• Positive Packing Nigeria Limited, is in Lagos and produces printed flexible packaging.

• Saponaria Industries Limited, also based in Lagos, and manufacturing toilet soaps, laundry bars, household cleaning detergents and beauty care products.

Moreover, the Group has been involved with various social projects including rehabilitating schools, drilling boreholes with water storage & distribution systems, providing artificial limbs and arranging staff & village eye camps.

TCF has been fortunate to be a long term partner of the Enpee Group and wishes the Group all the very best.

To know more about Enpee Group please visit: www.purechemindustries.com 

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Republic Day Celebration 2013, Indian High Commission, Nigeria

Shri Mahesh Sachdev, Honorable High Commissioner of India in Nigeria invited TCF to put up a kiosk during the 64th Republic Day Celebration. The chief guests Comrade Abba Moro Minister of Interior, Nigeria and Ms. Ama Pepple, Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development visited the kiosks. TCF kiosk was inaugurated by Mrs. Jane Abba Moro, wife of honorable Minister of Interior.

Comrade Abba Moro, Minister of Interior, Nigeria along with Ms. Ama Pepple, Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development (not in the picture) at TCF, Kiosk

Mr. Murthy briefed the dignitaries about TCF contributions towards making health services accessible to remote and disadvantaged rural population. Comrade Abba Moro Minister of Interior, Nigeria congratulated TCF for its contribution.

TCF Team along with Shri Mahesh Sachdev, honorable High Commissioner of India in Nigeria along with prominent Indian citizens in Nigeria

TCF Kiosk was also visited by prominent Indian citizens and business groups in Nigeria. One of the visitors commented that it is unique to find an INGO set up by a group of Indian that is working effectively for the past 20 years to ensure health services to the people in Nigeria. 

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TCF, CIHP Partnership

TCF signed an MOU with Centre for Integrated Health Program (CIHP) to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State. 

TCF will also strengthen referral linkages to enable HIV positive pregnant women-exposed infant pairs (and their family members) access such services in the community, at CIHP-supported facilities and with other organisations providing the required services.Through the well established 10 health facilities (8 health posts, 1 health clinic and 1 primary health centre) in Kachia, TCF staff will reach out to a population of 20,000 to put a check on transmission of HIV aids from mother to child.

The goals and objectives of the program are as follows :

• Provide prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services
• Provide follow- up services to all HIV exposed babies.
• Provide escort services to identified infected children to the nearest comprehensive site supported by CIHP.
• Provide palliative care services to HIV positive pregnant Women.
• Provide psychosocial support to pregnant women through support groups for PLWHIV.
• Ensure continuity of care for patients by strengthening networking and referrals with other organizations providing the required services.
• Provide community sensitization for uptake of HIV services specifically couple counselling and children testing at CIHP-supported facilities
• Provide Orphan and Vulnerable Children school fees, books, uniforms, etc.
• Provide information on Abstinence and Be Faithful messaging through various.
• Provide information on condoms & other prevention messaging through varied community level organizations.
• Engage policy makers and relevant stakeholders in Kaduna state in addressing issues of gender, stigma and male involvement and other related health issues.
• Provide HIV counselling and testing service to the community.  

CHIP has awarded the project to TCF second time in a period of two years.

  

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Christian: Regaining Vision

Christian (standing in the picture) 
along with his two visually impaired brothers and mother 

In November 2012, Dr. Sreedhar, the Ophthalmic Surgeon diagnosed Christian with congenital Cataract, which can be cured with a small eye surgery of maximum 15 minutes. The revelation from the Surgeon brought back the lost hope in the family.

Christian was operated on his right eye on 30th November 2012. And now Christian’s post operative vision is 6/6 - normal vision.  Christian will be coming back to the Eye Hospital in Calabar for his left eye surgery on 11th February, 2013.

A miracle is waiting to unfold in Mrs. Udom’s family when on 11^th February, 2013 Christian’s left eye will be operated and he would be able to lead a normal life.

Paediatric eye surgeries require special care and additional resources. There are several children below the age of 8 years waiting to re-gain their vision. TCF is planning to organize a pediatric eye camp and seek financial assistance for it.

To know how you could help TCF to organize pediatric eye camp, please write to us:

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