Who We Are

Our story

A conversation that comes too late

In almost every hospital in India, there is a corridor where a family is told that someone they love is not coming back. Somewhere in the next few hours, a transplant coordinator has to ask whether they would consider donating that person's organs.

It is the worst possible moment to hear the question for the first time. Families are grieving, exhausted and surrounded by paperwork they do not understand. Most say no — not because they object, but because they have never discussed it, and nobody wants to make that decision alone.

Vrindvila Foundation exists to move that conversation out of the corridor and into the living room. We want families to have talked about organ donation long before it could ever matter, so that if the moment comes, they already know what their loved one would have wanted.

What we actually do

We are not a hospital and we do not perform transplants. We work in the space around them — the awareness, the paperwork, the waiting and the grief that the medical system has neither the time nor the mandate to handle.

• Awareness that reaches people where they are. Camps in housing societies, colleges, temples, workplaces and RTO offices, in the languages people actually speak at home.
• Pledge registration and support. We help people register their intent, and — more importantly — we send them home with the words to tell their family they have done it.
• Standing with families. Counselling for donor families before and after the decision, and practical help for recipient families navigating hospital and transport logistics.
• Education, health and social service. Our work in schools, clinics and relief drives came first and continues. Communities trust an organisation that shows up for more than one thing.

How we work

Three commitments shape every programme we run.

We never pressure anyone to pledge

A pledge made under social pressure at a camp is worth very little, because it is rarely mentioned at home. We would rather have a hundred people who have genuinely talked to their families than a thousand signatures. Every pledge can be withdrawn at any time, and we say so out loud at every camp.

We go back to the same places

One awareness camp changes very little. We return to the same colleges, societies and districts year after year, because the shift we are asking for is generational, not seasonal.

We do not handle organs, allocation or money between families

Organ allocation in India is governed by NOTTO and the state-level SOTTO network under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act. We have no role in it, we never accept payment to influence it, and we will report anyone who asks us to.