{"id":6481,"date":"2018-03-01T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T08:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=6481"},"modified":"2018-03-16T18:15:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T18:15:45","slug":"fairfax-financial-holdings-has-a-heart-and-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/fairfax-financial-holdings-has-a-heart-and-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax Financial Holdings Has a Heart and a Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6483\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11.jpg 395w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>There is a Chinese saying that goes: \u201cIf you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.\u201d<br \/>\nFor centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6482 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"1 (1)\" width=\"395\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-1.jpg 395w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a>To this end, Prem Watsa, CEO &amp; Chairman Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. met our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed his desire to help underprivileged Indians. The prime Minister suggested that he focus on supporting the worthy cause of affordable dialysis access. Consequently, on behalf of the Group, Prem committed to bring together the partners and resources and contribute significantly to the process of providing dialysis machines to serve patients across the country in areas where dialysis facilities are limited or not available at all. And so the Fairfax India Charitable Foundation (FICF) was established in Mumbai on November 9<sup>th<\/sup> 2016. Its philosophy is to support and partner various deserving projects that would positively impact the Indian Community as a whole, irrespective of their social status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The FICF&#8217;s mission is to deploy:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1000 Dialysis Machines free of cost to use where dialysis will be cheaper and in many cases free (with Govt support), and carefully chosen partners<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">159 Dialysis Centres in areas of India that are underserved\/unserved<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At full capacity, this eco-system will be capable of collectively delivering over 9,00,000 Dialysis sessions\/Year, at 40% lower cost than the current market rates.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In less than a year FICF has supported 8 dialysis centres delivering 1200+ sessions per month.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FICF has partnered the Govt. of India through a Public Private Partnership model, supporting the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Program, and will deploy 466 free-to-use machines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Statistics show that this, indeed, is not enough.*<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 million Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients in India need dialysis or a kidney transplant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">200,000 machines needed vs\u00a0 only 25,000 currently available<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">65% of the population does not receive dialysis due to a long waiting list.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">90% of the dialysis facilities are in the top 10 cities, while 70% Indian live in rural India<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Only 1800 nephrologists practice in India vs 3000 Indian-born nephrologists in the U.S.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(*Given numbers are approximate)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is an update on what has been accomplished so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image001-e1519894506647.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6499\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image001-e1519894506647.png\" alt=\"image001\" width=\"457\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image001-e1519894506647.png 1007w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image001-e1519894506647-300x229.png 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image001-e1519894506647-393x300.png 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6484 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"328\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed.jpg 792w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a>This is where all of us in the Thomas Cook Group come in. We can support the FICF\u2019s noble mission by contributing towards it.\u00a0All of you must have received Abraham\u2019s message\u00a0 ( alongside), sent on 14<sup>th<\/sup> February. Remember every single rupee donated, counts towards helping poor and ailing patients in our country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So do go to the &#8220;Click to Donate&#8221; button. Or, alternatively\u00a0 you can go straight to the website\u00a0 www.fairfaxindiafoundation.org.\u00a0 Follow the steps and do your bit! Moreover, you can get 80G exemptions for donations before March 31<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let us join together and truly \u201cMake a Difference by Saving Lives\u201d, by donating and supporting our parent company\u2019s efforts to \u2018create a sustainable social system\u2019.\u00a0 Every little bit counts. Keeping in mind that<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:\u00a0 \u201cWe make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\r\n<a style=\"color: rgb(68,79,247);\" href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/\">Home<\/a>\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a Chinese saying that goes: \u201cIf you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. 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