About Medical Care
When Dr. Pai passed away, his legacy lived on through Dr. Sridharan from B.R. Hills, who continued this mission of providing healthcare to the underserved. For 20 years, the clinic never missed a day—until COVID-19 forced it to temporarily close its doors. But even in the face of a pandemic, the Mariamma Charitable Trust (MCT) found ways to support those in need.
The lives transformed by the Mariamma Charitable Trust’s free medical clinics are a testament to its lasting impact.
Anand, a forest guard who lost his leg, regained his mobility thanks to the prosthetic funded by the Trust. Another case involved Salim, whose son suffered kidney failure. MCT stepped in to cover the costs of his life-saving transplant, providing what Salim couldn’t receive on his own.
These stories are just a few examples illustrating how MCT brings hope and care to those who need it the most. Temporarily closed during the pandemic, MCT is striving to reopen with donor support, while continuing to contribute to surgeries and essential services in neighboring clinics.
ANAND – From the Kaadu Kuruba Tribe with his new leg.
Jeeshan, Salim’s son, before his kidney transplant.
What People
Say About Us
am a veterinarian with the Wildlife Trust of India and we work in close collaboration with the Forest Department of Karnataka. I first met Sunita when I was 14 years old.
She is totally dedicated to wildlife and is passionate about her work. My role is to attend to injured and dying animals and to build bridges between the local people who suffer losses and the Forest Department. Things have been so much easier with Sunita’s input. I feel she has made a great deal of change in the perceptions of the local people and has contributed greatly towards reducing human-animal conflict in this belt.
This area in the tiger reserve is a mosaic of communities, agricultural land and forests. Traditionally the villagers have tolerated the wildlife but as the human wildlife conflict has intensified, antagonism is fast replacing this tolerance.
Sunita and the Mariamma Charitable Trust are working hard to maintain the traditional tolerance through a multi-pronged approach that focuses on enhancing healthcare and compensating farmers who lose live-stock to large carnivores from the park. These steps are important precursors to achieving the larger goal – the co-existence of human communities and wildlife with both benefiting from the other; humans from the economic value that living close to wildlife can bring through tourism and for wildlife, the maintenance of their habitat, giving them optimal access to food and water. The local communities are confident in the Trust and the dynamic and committed team – your financial support will only further the cause of conservation in this outstanding environment.
