Ekam provides life-saving, timely and quality medical care to children from families that cannot afford health care.

Ekam believes that NO CHILD SHOULD BE DENIED THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE based on their financial/ socioeconomic status. Through the Save A Child project, Ekam receives requests for immediate life-saving medical support of children whose parents cannot afford to pay for the treatment.

Each year, thousands of children are referred to Ekam by the organization’s field staff through health screenings, hospital referrals, medical camps, and social media. Ekam also has a vast network of trained nurses, community health centers, and community health workers who help to identify children in need of treatment. Requests for support are also received through Ekam’s 24/7 helpline.

A financial vetting process ensures that the parent truly cannot afford to pay. This prevents abuse of the program. Then Ekam identifies any possible Government resources that the patient may be eligible for, such as insurance schemes or specific project funds. If the family does not qualify for such funds, then Ekam provides treatment first, while fundraising through individual or corporate donors who can support the child’s treatment.

Ekam works diligently to establish networks with government and private hospitals to provide immediate hospitalization support to children and mothers in need, at minimal or no cost to the patient or parent. Once patients are referred to Ekam, the organization creates a patient profile on the Ekam database, identifies appropriate lines of treatment, facilitates treatment, and discharges patients after their parents/guardians receive counseling on how to properly care for them.

Ekam identifies the Government hospital that can provide the specific needs of the patient and arranges the patient to be seen there. Ekam also provides children admitted in under-resourced government hospitals with proper treatment through established relationships with low-cost labs and medicine suppliers. If these resources are unavailable, Ekam reaches out to private healthcare providers, and in the rare case that Ekam is not able to provide support, they refer patients to other organizations. The private hospitals in Ekam’s network provide treatment at a subsidized price to the children in need. Post-discharge, Ekam continues to follow up with families to ensure that they are complying with doctor recommendations.