"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralysed for a while, so I watched television.” Francis Ford Coppola
Our USA Directors
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Shirish PatelShirish was born in Uganda (East Africa) in 1955. A psychiatrist by profession, he lives in Rochester, NY with his wife and daughter. Shirish draws his inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, who said, “To find yourself, lose yourself in the service of others.“ |
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Shobana PatelShobhana was born in Uganda (East Africa) in 1951. After graduating as a registered nurse in the U.K. she moved to Flagstaff, AZ, where she lives with her husband. |
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Arun SangaveArun was born in 1948 in Solapur India and moved to the USA after qualifying as pharmacist. He lives in Rochester, NY with his wife and two sons. |
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Shashi PatelShashi was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1956. A pharmacist by profession, she lives in Rochester, NY, with her husband and daughter. |
Who We Are
News & Events
- UK Government pledges £300million towards Polio Eradication
- Paralympic torchbearer inspires Barkingside pupils
- Torch bearing at London 2012 Paralympics….Polio Children recognized
- Wedding of the Decade
- Dinesh D. Dattani visits SKSN
- Linda Topping gets to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on 25th August for Polio Children.
- April 2010 – Success for the Polio Children’s University Support Programme!
- Prince of Wales Impressed With Polio Children During Visit To Rajasthan
