MOHAN Foundation

MOHAN Foundation is a not-for-profit, registered non-government charity organisation in India[1] that works in the field of deceased organ donation and transplantation.

It has offices in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Jaipur and information centers at Kerala and Imphal.

[9][10][11] However, due to the lack of awareness level among the public and medical professionals, this concept of organ donation in India needed a shift in attitudes.

[12][13] The foundation organises awareness talks among public through meetings, holds rallies, organises programmes in colleges and offices with organ donation as a theme, sensitises police and hospital staff on issues related to donation and from time to time honours organ donor families.

'[26][27][28][29] In March 2019, MOHAN (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) Foundation, one of the oldest NGOs working towards promoting awareness for organ donation in India, held an event in Delhi where popular Sufi singer duo, Nizami Bandhu thrilled everyone with their songs and music.

[30] Every year, MOHAN Foundation organises a mega organ donation awareness event called Samarthan, which attracts nearly 350-400 individuals and senior doctors and transplant surgeons from leading hospitals across National Capital Region and nearby with the objective for creating awareness and understanding about organ donation and in 2019 Samarthan was held on 2 March at the beautiful Zorba on MG Road, New Delhi.

[37][38] Celebrities like actors, cricket players, religious leaders and politicians have been used to popularise the concept of organ donation and create public awareness about the cause.

In India, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kumble, Revathi Menon, Madhavan, Suniel Shetty, Sivakumar, Kiran Rao, Raveena Tandon, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Gautam Gambhir, Farah Khan, Nandita Das, Aamir Khan and Anand Gandhi are some of the celebrities who have promoted and pledged their organs.

Over a million such cards in English and regional Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi)[46] have been distributed by the foundation in over a decade.

[47][48] In a major organ donation drive in March 2012 called DAAN, it partnered with HCL Technologies along with Apollo Group of Hospitals, Chennai Police, Indian Medical Association, Cadaver Transplant Programme (Government of Tamil Nadu) and received 12,900+ pledges from policemen, doctors and corporate employees.

The one year Post Graduate Diploma in Transplant Coordination and Grief Counselling is a unique blended learning course (E-learning and face-to-face session ) for working health care professionals.

Coordinators are trained in medical, legal and ethical aspects related to organ donation and are also imparted soft skills for grief counseling.

Sand Sculpture made as a part of Rally organised by MOHAN Foundation at Marina Beach
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit signs on the pledge board at the MOHAN Foundation fundraiser event in the capital, before signing it
Organ Donation Card