Youth Venture India

Krithika Kumar - CHANGEMAKER

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Aditi in Community Mobilization, Health, Our Changemakers

Krithika’s Venture: Halt Thal

Few people know anything about thalassemia, an inherited blood disease that is detected by a simple test. Peo­ple with thalassemia minor could live their lives without knowing they were carriers; however, if two carriers have a child, he or she will have thalassemia major – a potentially fatal condition. A student of Sophia College, Krithika, was working on a college project of psychoanalysing Thalassemia patients when she hit upon the idea of starting Halt Thal. Her Venture raises awareness about thalassemia minor and provides psychological support to people with thalassemia major. She and her team have researched thalassemia mi­nor extensively. They have spread awareness through stalls at college festivals and extensively at blood donation drives. When asked to describe her motivation she says, “Once individuals are aware of the conse­quences of being minors, we can reduce the occurrence of thalas­semia major in infants. Plus, voluntary blood donation in itself will benefit all those who are terminally ill or require blood.” She aims to give emotional support to those children who have thalassemia major.

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Tags: Health, thalassemia