Bishwa Bandhan Foundation

for Cerebral Palsy

The Foundation• Bishwa Bandhan Foundation for Cerebral Palsy was founded in Zurich,

Switzerland in May, 2012, as the brain child of Shri Goutam Mitra, Founder & President, and was supported by the then Governor of West Bengal, Hon’ble Shri M. K. Narayanan, the eminent playback singer Kumar Shanu, the brand ambassador, Ms Denise Stucki, eminent linguist, Trustee member & Secretary of the International body to fight against Cerebral Palsy world wide.

• The India chapter, named Bishwa Bandhan Foundation (India) for Cerebral Palsy, was formed in 2013 and registered under section 25, non-profit company at Kolkata, India.

The Inspiration

• Our inspiration is Abhishek Mitra, a young lad of 27, was suffering from Cerebral Palsy and passed away on 26th June, 2014 due to lack of medical awareness and unavailability of special care system for non-progressive cerebral palsy.

• Our oath is that we will save millions of other Abhisheks throughout the world in every possible cases of lack of medical awareness.

StatisticsIn India: more than 25 lacs of children

Global rate: around 2.2 to 2.8 per 1000 live birth.

Vision

• Our belief is Prevention is better than Cure, always. • We would like to advertise every possible step for prevention of Cerebral Palsy,

from planning of a family, pregnancy, delivery and up to the age of 2 of every child so that the curse of the disease would cease to exist.

• To provide latest medical technology & research oriented benefits to everyone related to cerebral palsy, the suffering patients, their guardians, Doctors, Para-medical & nursing staff, so that an ultra-modern treatment with latest therapeutic technology could be provided to the patient under one-roof in a comfortable way by establishing a state-of-the-art Medical Institution.

Mission• To establish an one-campus centre• To tie-up with ethical medical organizations,• To organize several medical symposiums,• To accelerate medical research,• To publish articles, contents, advertisements through print and electronic media,• To advertise through public events,

For implementation ofScientific prevention procedures, ideally ethical treatmentsand appropriate rehab therapy of CP for a safer society in future for patients, guardians, Doctors, Para-medics and all others

Tie-up• The Foundation is enlightened with active moral support and/or technical

guidance from eminent medical professionals from different medical fraternities as Dr. Tridib Banerjee, Chairman, HLTF, Govt. of West Bengal, Dr. Mrs. Krishna Dalal, Addl. Professor at Dept. of Bio-Physics, AIIMS, New Delhi, Prof. Pravat Mandal, Prof. at NBRC & John Hopkins Medicine US, Prof. Pradip Saha, Director at School of Psychiatry, IPGME&R, Prof. Apurba Ghosh, Prof. & Medical Director at ICH, Dr. Gautam Khastagir, Medical Director, BIRTH, Mr. Asis Ghosh, renowned Physical Therapist & Trainer and many more.

• The Foundation has executed tie-up for active assistance with eminent medical organizations like University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Institute of Child Health (ICH) - Kolkata, BIRTH – Kolkata.

Recent ActivitiesTo increase Medical Awareness amongst Society through cultural events, we have :-

1. Organized a football match at Kolkata through participation of Brazilian footballers of 1994 FIFA World-cup

2. Associated with IIFA Awards, 2014 at Tampa Bay, Florida

3. Developed websites for publishing web contents

www.bishwabandhanindia.com for India Chapter

and

4. Organized Durga Puja at Baneshwar Mandir, Jodhpur Parkwith the theme of Safer Society (Mother saving the Child)

www.bishwabandhan.com for the International body

5. Organized a cultural event at Nazrul Manch with participation of palsied children and eminent celebrities like Rituparna Sengupta, Agnimitra Paul, Kaushiki Chakraborty, Pt. Tanmay Bose, Rupankar Bagchi, Vinod Rathod and others.

6. Published various public awareness contents and advertisements through print media like ABP & TIMES group and advertising instruments like banners, hoardings, posters, stickers, standees, leaflets.

Forthcoming Activities

The Foundation is going to organize –

• 1st International Medical Symposium at Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland involving more than 200 countries worldwide on 26th May, 2015.

• A physical therapy workshop with active participation of eminent therapists and children with cerebral palsy and their guardians very soon.

• A rehab therapy unit in collaboration with its associated medical organization(s).

• A combined medical & cultural event on 25-26th June, 2015 at Kolkata.

……. etc

Blessing & Moral Support from Eminent Personalities

We are blessed and enlightened with the moral support

for this social cause from :- Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Hon’ble Governor of WB,

Smt. Mamata Banerjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister of WB, And many Head-of-the-States & State Executives,

Ambassadors,Diplomats.

Industrialists, as follows…...

Shri Pranab Mukherjee Hon’ble President of India

Shri M. K. Narayanan Former Governor of West Bengal

Shri Shekhar Dutt Former Governor of Chhattisgarh

Ms. Chitra NarayananFormer Ambassador of India to Switzerland

Smt. Mamata Banerjee Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal

Smt. Chandrima Bhattacharya Hon’ble Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Govt.

of WB

Shri Sudip Bandopadhyay Former Union Minister of State

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Shri Cyrus MistryChairman, TATA Group

Shri N. R. Narayana MurthyChairman Emeritus, INFOSYS

Shri Mukesh AmbaniChairman & MD, RIL

Herr Francois FriedelCEO, ICRC, Geneva

Mr. David CameronHon’ble Prime Minister, United Kingdom

Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino IIIHon’ble President of Philippines

Mr. Viktor OrbanHon’ble Prime Minister, Hungary

Herr Alain BersetHead of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, Govt. of Switzerland

Mr. Stephen HarperPrime Minister, Canada

Mr. Solomon Jason MbuziHon’ble Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary,

Permanent Delegate of Zambia to UNESCO

Mr. Jean-Claude JUNCKERPrime Minister, Luxemburg

An AppealWe have successfully organized our first medical symposium on “Possible Preventive Measures of Cerebral Palsy” on 23rd March, 2015, inaugurated by The Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi at Crystal Room, Taj Bengal, Kolkata. We appeal to all professionals of the medical world and people in general to attend our 1st International Medical Symposium on 26th May, 2015 at Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland involving more than 200 countries worldwide. We sincerely seek the support of all in our fight for prevention of Cerebral Palsy and to develop medical awareness among people in every layer of the society by building a warm relationship between Doctors and Patients which will lead us to develop a SAFER SOCIETY.

OBSERVE 26TH JUNESafer Society Day

THANK YOU• We pay thanks to all our mentors, supporters, well-wishers, participants and

associates from the Governance, Medical World and all other fraternities and layers of the society.

• We request you to register with us through our website www.bishwabandhanindia.com and receive your e-membership card.

• We also pay thanks to the audience present here today for listening us with great temperament and patience.

• We wish every success for all of you in future.

BISHWA BANDHAN FOUNDATION (INDIA) FOR CEREBRAL PALSY

73, Tanupukur Road, Kolkata – 700 031Helpline: 8697343466

Email: bishwabandhan.foundation@gmail.comWebsite: www.bishwabandhanindia.com/

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