Project Description Region: Asia Country: India Location: Mangalore Total Budget: $290,326 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment Rotary Project Executive Summary - Transforming Transplants in Karnataka Project Title: Transforming Transplants - Improving Deceased Organ Donation Program along with HLA (Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics) Lab Support in Mangalore A Rotary Global Grant initiative by Rotary Club of Bangalore 🚨 The Problem - 500,000+ patients waitlisted; <4% receive transplants annually. - Deceased donor rate in India: 0.8 per million (vs. 30+ in USA/Spain). - Karnataka has over 6,000+ waitlisted patients, but only one HLA lab in Bengaluru. - Patients in Coastal & Northern Karnataka travel 300+ km for tests. 🌟 The Solution A four-part strategy to decentralize access and build a sustainable transplant ecosystem: 1. Set up a full-fledged HLA Lab at Wenlock Govt. Hospital, Mangalore. 2. Awareness programs across hospitals to encourage organ pledging. 3. Train & deploy grief counsellors in public hospitals to enable consent. 4. Enable access for government hospitals to ethical, quality testing. 🏥 Why Mangalore? - One of 5 transplant zones in Karnataka. - Underserved region with growing ESRD burden. - Wenlock Hospital: Government-run, SOTTO-approved location with history of public service. 💡 Project Impact - Reach 6,000+ patients annually - Accelerated transplant decisions, reduced travel & carbon footprint - Model for replication across India - Strengthens public health system capacity 🤝 Partners - SOTTO Karnataka: State transplant body ensuring legal & ethical compliance - BMST: SOTTO-designated lab partner with NABL accreditation 💰 Budget & Sustainability Total Project Cost: ₹2.46 Cr (USD 290,000) - ₹96.8L Capex for Lab Setup - ₹1.49 Cr Opex over 3 years Sustainability Plan: - Tiered pricing model for tests - Free/subsidized for govt. patients - Revenue from private institutions - CSR & Rotary to support AMC post-grant 💛 How You Can Help We are seeking partners to co-fund this life-saving initiative. Every contribution helps create faster, fairer access to transplants and saves lives. Let us transform transplant care in Karnataka, together! Contact details: Rtn. Aria Ohri (Rotary Club of Bangalore, RID 3192) ariaohri@yahoo.co.in +919833097171 Primary Host Partner District: 3192 Rotary Club of: Bangalore Primary Contact: Aria Ohri Email: ariaohri@yahoo.co.in Primary International Partner We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Recording a pledge will make you the Primary International Partner for this project. Project Status Need $290,326 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total There are no contributions yet for this project. Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $290,326 - $290,326 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $0 $0 Total $290,326 Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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