Give a Child with Thalassemia a Chance to Live
Children born with severe Thalassemia require urgent, lifelong blood transfusions and chelation therapy just to survive. Without continuous treatment, their fragile organs fail. Your compassionate support delivers life-saving care today.
300+
Children Registered
100%
Zakat Policy
2–4 Weeks
Transfusion Interval
300+
Children Registered
100%
Zakat Policy
2–4 Weeks
Transfusion Interval
Medical Reality & Context
Understanding the Thalassemia Crisis
Children born with severe Thalassemia require urgent, lifelong blood transfusions and chelation therapy just to survive. Without continuous treatment, their fragile organs fail. Your compassionate support delivers life-saving care today.
Transfusion Cycle
Every 2–4 Weeks
Lifelong
Children need regular screened red blood cell transfusions indefinitely. A skipped cycle leads to dangerous hemoglobin depletion and immediate cardiac strain.
- Screened blood is life-critical
Organ Protection
Iron Overload Risk & Chelation
Repeated transfusions cause massive iron buildup that poisons the heart, liver, and endocrine glands unless eliminated by daily iron chelation medicines.
- Screened blood is life-critical
Impoverished Families
100% Free Care Guarantee
Most rural families survive on less than £3 a day. The costs of blood bags, tests, and chelation tablets are impossible without full charitable sponsorship.
- Zero cost charged to patients
Comprehensive Medical Care
What SMT Thalassemia Care and Prevention Center Provides
With locations in Haripur and Mirpur, the SMT Thalassemia Care and Prevention Center provides patients with essential care, including free blood transfusions, helping those who depend on regular transfusions to manage their condition and maintain their health and wellbeing. In addition to providing ongoing support to patients, the Center works to raise awareness about thalassemia and the importance of prevention.
1. Free Screened Blood Transfusions
Provided directly through the Thalassemia department at SMT Welfare Hospital. Every blood unit is stringently screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and cross-matched in hygienic clinical conditions.
- Certified safe transfusion protocols
- Gentle pediatric ward environment
2. Essential Iron Chelation Medication
Ongoing monthly dispensation of oral and injectable chelation drugs (such as Deferasirox) to bind excess iron and expel it safely from the body before it compromises vital heart and liver tissue.
- Monthly medication supplies
- Regular serum ferritin laboratory testing
3. Community Awareness & Prevention
Targeted education across rural communities, premarital thalassemia trait screening seminars, and family counselling to eradicate the disorder long-term while giving affected mothers emotional guidance.
- Premarital genetic carrier screening
- Family support and dietary counselling
Sustaining Life & Expanding Care
Our Two Centers
From our fully operational welfare hospital department in Haripur to our vital new expansion in Mirpur, your donations power both active daily care and vital healthcare infrastructure.
Active Today • Operational
SMT Welfare Hospital, Haripur
SMT Thalassemia Care and Preventention Centre Haripur
Provided directly through the Thalassemia department at SMT Welfare Hospital. Every blood unit is stringently screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and cross-matched in hygienic clinical conditions.
100% Free
Zero cost to families
Active Wards
Paediatric clinical beds
- Regular cross-matched red cell blood units
- Clinical pediatric nurses on site
- Daily iron chelation medication distribution
Fully Functional Facility
Under Construction • Priority Expansion
Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
SMT Thalassemia Care and Preventention Centre Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
In November 2024, SMT announced this critical initiative. Over 100+ children are already registered and waiting for specialized long-term medical care. The permanent center is scheduled to open in July 2026.
Mirpur Expansion Roadmap
Nov 2024: Expansion Announced
Emergency screening pop-ups established in Mirpur.
Present Day: 100+ Children Registered
Screened patients awaiting permanent facility opening.
Early 2025: Dedicated Clinical Unit
Establishing blood bank and cold-storage units.
July 2026: Permanent Centre Opening
Grand opening of the specialized Thalassemia Institute.
"Whoever relieves a believer's distress of the distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter."
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ — Sahih Muslim 2699
Your Zakat and Sadaqah given to SMT directly protects vulnerable children fighting severe illness.
Direct Giving • Zero Fee Deductions
Direct Bank Transfer (BACS / Faster Payments)
Make your donation directly through your UK bank with zero third-party processing deductions.
Barclays Bank UK PLC
Every Life Is Sacred
No Child Should Fight for Their Next Breath Alone
Through compassionate care, free transfusion support and community awareness, the Thalassemia Project aims to give patients and their families hope, dignity and continued support.
- Save the Mothers Trust — UK Registered Charity No. 1104771