The Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation

A Fitting Tribute

The MSM foundation has been registered as a charity in the UK since March 2006. Its aims are to help the children and women of UK and India (especially the disabled, underprivileged and disadvantaged ones). If you want any help (and if you are eligible as per our constitution) please send the request letter any time of the year with contact details including e-mail id by post. Please include all of requirements and reasons for seeking grant from The MSM Foundation. Applications should be made, with a SAE, to Mr. Vivek Sharma, Executive--The MSM Foundation, 14 Magdalene Road, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 3TA (U.K.). This is a small charity and grants are made out of income generated during the year from endowment funds. Usually grants are made for small sums of £100 to £250, maximum of £500 only. We inform only successful applicants. If you do not hear from us within six weeks of next round of meetings from your application, it has been unsuccessful.You may re-apply for next round if desired.

Some major contributions from her estate before this foundation was established

Land for Snehalaya has been donated from her estate by Dr. BK Sharma in her memory. Major con-tributions for establishment of Snehalaya itself and building MSM Hospital came from her estate. Too.It would not be wrong to say that Snehalaya itself and MSM Rural Hospital could not be brought up to the present stage if we did not have her estate provided before the Foundation came into being.

Activities So Far

A thirty bedded Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Primary Care Rural Hospital is functional within the campus of Snehalaya. We decided to dedicate these facilities to the doctor because it was only with support of Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation that this project was brought to reality. This hospital caters for the healthcare needs for all the residents in Snehalaya, as well for the people from surrounding villages.

It also contributed a substantive amount for the Main Stream School in Snehalaya Campus, now ready for opening in July 2011. This school will cater for children (esp. girls) from surrounding villages. The girls will be provided with every thing they need, including books, uniforms, food, education and health care, as well as Rs.10 per day for attending the school with vocational training. The aim is to make them independent; the girls otherwise remain illiterate and uneducated and undergoing oppression all their life. Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation also contributes substantive sum towards maintenance expenses for the disabled and destitute children in Snehalaya including the special need school being run there for last five years.
The new school building	Opening July 2011
More information about the school can be found here

We are obliged for your contributions. You may contribute towards foundation funds by donating online, or by cheque made to "Dr. Meena Sharma Memorial Foundation" and send it to 14, Magdalene Road, Walsall, West Midlands. WS1 3TA (U.K.). All donations are tax exempted in UK and higher rate tax payers are entitled to reclaim 25% of tax, too. Please contact Dr. B.K. Sharma for any questions or further information. Tel. 01922629842 fax 01922632942. Email: ” ”

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A Brief Biography

Dr. Meena Sharma was born in Jabalpur in to renowned educationist Professor R. P. Pandey and Lily Pandey, RIP. After completing her schooling and medical studies she married Dr. B.K. Sharma in 1975 and shifted to Gwalior. She gained a MD in Anaesthesiology in 1977 while in Gwalior. She built on her education and experience in Gwalior, Bombay and England. She also received further qualifications of DA and MRCA whilst in England. She was working in Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals as an anaesthetist.

Dr. Meena Sharma was co-founder of Gwalior Childrens Hospital Charities along with her husband, who founded these organisations in 1993 with the aim of improving conditions for the poor, disabled and destitute especially children, women and old of Gwalior and Chambal region in India. At the time of her passing,she was in India fulfilling these aims by providing time, efforts and money at the expense of personal and family comforts.