Lung Care Foundation (www.lcf.org.in), a registered not for profit organization (with a 12A tax exemption and 80G tax exemption for Donations) has endeavoured to raise awareness to on Lung Health & awaken citizens towards actions with its committed campaigns on ‘Care & Cure for 2.6 Billion Lungs’ in India. It plans to achieve its vision through 3 broad verticals: • Awareness: On increasing incidence of Lung Health Related Diseases and their right and timely treatment including severe ill-effects of Air Pollution on Lung health. • Clinical Care: Through health check-up camps, awareness videos and material on patient health and setting up a nationwide network of trained lung health providers. • Research: Pioneering research in the field of Lung Health specific to the Indian population to help understand trends and empower doctors and people for prevention and cure of Lung Diseases. In continuation to our efforts to garner citizen’s attention to the adverse effects of air pollution on lung health and call for action by citizens themselves, LCF organized a Guinness World Records record attempt on 23 December 2017, in Delhi, where 5003 School Children from over 35+ schools of Delhi-NCR, made a Guinness World Record for the largest human image of an organ. The program was a huge success; it was watched by over 1 lakh people in 1 day & #MySolutionToPollution became trending on Twitter with over 5 Crore Impressions. The campaign has been appreciated by Hon’ble President of India, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India by messages. Many celebrities also joined the campaign by sending their solutions on our facebook page. We continue to work on our towards our vision through collaboration with Schools, RWAs, PSUs, Healthcare Providers, Corporate Houses, Start-Ups & Other Healthcare professionals to make maximum impact and work towards the “Care & Cure of 2.6 Billion Lungs Of India”.
