Kohima, June 19 (EMN): SpeakGuru Foundation, which was founded with three missions including helping needy children with cancer, providing resources to schools and needy students, and helping in conservation of our flora and fauna respectively organised a ‘Thank You Dinner’ on June 17, at De Oriental Grand, Kohima with the view to celebrate the people who have been helping in the SpeakGuru Foundation to be what it is today.
During the event, the man behind the Foundation, Kenei Kuotsu highlighted that SpeakGuru Foundation was registered in 2010 and started by providing financial help to needy children living with cancer at Naga Hospital Kohima. “We engaged Dr. Khriemenuo of Pediatric Oncology ward to help identify the children and to assist in the disbursement of funds. We have done a lot of things to raise funds and one of the most successful events was the ‘Hair for Hope’ event in 2014. I am thankful to all who participated to make the event a success”, he said.
So far the foundation has helped over 15 children living with cancer by way of paying for their medicines and chemo cycles. Dr. Khriemenuo also reported that till date the foundation has contributed over 3 lacs to support the patients.
Meanwhile, it also informed that the foundation has also donated some computers to two schools in Kohima and in the current year, it is collaborating with Blyth’s Tragopan conservation and breeding centre, Kohima. In this regard, the foundation will be contributing an incubator and a generator to help in the hatching of eggs.
