Leading NGOs Impacting Corporate Social Responsibility Drive

of Miami. He subsequently practised Paediatric Cardiology
in Florida before returning to India.
A Social Reformist’s Dream
He has performed several unique interventional procedures
including Flow Restrictor Implantation in Pulmonary Artery
for the first time in India; performed a balloon pulmonary
valvuloplasty on a 1.7 Kg child; and balloon valvuloplasty
on a child less than one day old. He always had this dream
of starting free services for children with heart diseases
from underprivileged families.
Dr Kohli conveys, “Our patients for both paediatric and
foetal screening are referred from all government hospitals
in Delhi.
This got fulfilled in 2013 when Child Heart Foundation was
founded in Delhi along with six parents whose child was
treated by Dr Kohli. His mission is to save each and every
child with heart disease.
Dr Kohli adds, “Through various programs, we have
screened more than 15,000 children for any cardiac
abnormality, got 160 children treated for the diagnosed
heart disease, provided foetal echocardiography service to
more than 7,000 pregnant women, trained more than 160
paediatricians in echocardiography and are providing free
medicines to 22 children with Pulmonary hypertension.”
Social Tech Revolution
Being an experienced leader, Dr Kohli opines how adopting
modern digital technologies impacts the social reform
sector and how CHF is adapting to the change. He believes
that technology has reformed and revolutionized the social
sector, this includes access to medical diagnostic tools,
organizational management, fundraising and donor
engagement.
Dr Kohli says, “We have upgraded to better healthcare
diagnostic tools. We are using CRM and cloud-based
technology for data management, fundraising and donor
engagement.”
CHF Expanding CSR
However, considering the current industry scenario,
Fundraising and CSR networking are one of the major
challenges faced by CHF and Dr Kohli is overcoming them
on a daily basis to drive CHF to the doorstep of every needy
child.
That is why Dr Kohli is expanding the CHFs social
responsibility drive along with the corporates. He says, “We
are trying to involve corporate employees in CSR projects
under the employee engagement program.” This involves
direct involvement in project implementation processes and
fundraising, community awareness programs etc.
An Advice of Compassionate Commitment
Dr Kohli’s advice to budding social entrepreneurs who
aspire to venture into the not-for-profit space is straight
from the heart. He believes that to survive in the social
sector, a person should have commitment, patience and a lot
of compassion and empathy. One should be total faith and
connect for the cause and self-belief and trust in yourself
and the people who are going to be the beneficiaries.
Ensuring the Heartiest and the Healthiest Future
Further envisioning scaling CHFs operations and offerings
in 2022 and beyond, Dr Kohli mentions,
• “Children are our future. We want to start few more
OPD centers in Delhi for children from
underprivileged families who can’t afford a private
consultation and diagnosis. This will be followed by
expansion to start an inpatient department and an ICU,
• Replicate our echocardiography training program to
other States in India,
• Start free OPD screening and diagnosis centers in two
more cities.”
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