Please Help Save Little Garvika — A Mother’s Fight for Her Daughter’s Life
Garvika is just 2 months old.
At an age when most babies are peacefully sleeping in their mother’s arms, smiling for the first time, and beginning their journey in the world, Garvika is fighting for something far more basic — the chance to live.
My name is Rohini, and I am Garvika’s mother. Like every parent, I dreamed of watching my daughter grow up healthy and happy — running freely, laughing loudly, and living a life full of possibilities.
But our dreams shattered when we learned that Garvika has been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA Type 1), a rare, progressive, and life-threatening genetic disorder.
What Is SMA?
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease that gradually weakens the muscles responsible for movement, breathing, and swallowing.
Children with SMA are born without a critical gene called SMN1, which is needed to produce the SMN protein that keeps muscles strong and functioning.
Without this protein:
• Muscles slowly become weak and waste away
• Babies struggle to hold their heads up
• Swallowing and breathing become extremely difficult
Without treatment, the disease continues to progress and can become life-threatening.
Garvika did nothing to deserve this.
Yet every passing day causes irreversible muscle damage.
One Chance at Life: Zolgensma
Doctors have told us that there is one treatment that can stop SMA at its root — Zolgensma, a revolutionary one-time gene-replacement therapy.
Zolgensma works by replacing the missing gene, helping the body produce the protein needed for muscle strength. This treatment can stop the progression of the disease and give children like Garvika a chance at a longer and healthier life.
⏳ Time is extremely critical.
Every day of delay can cause permanent muscle damage.
The Heartbreaking Reality
The cost of this life-saving treatment is ₹16 Crores — an amount impossible for a middle-class family like ours.
After months of struggle, Novartis, the manufacturer of Zolgensma, has agreed to provide the medicine through an EMI plan.
However, to begin the treatment, we must arrange an upfront payment of ₹9 Crores.
No parent should ever have to put a price on their child’s life.
Yet today, this is the painful reality we face.
Our Urgent Need: ₹9 Crores to Save Garvika
To start Garvika’s treatment, we urgently need ₹9 Crores upfront.
We are reaching out to kind-hearted people, friends, family, and organizations — but we cannot do this alone.
A Mother’s Humble Request
This is not just a fundraiser.
This is a mother’s fight to save her daughter.
A chance for her to grow, laugh, and live.
A chance to experience the life she deserves.
How You Can Help Garvika
Donate — Every contribution, big or small, brings us closer to the treatment.
Share — Please share Garvika’s story so it can reach more people who can help.
Pray — For strength, healing, and hope during this difficult journey.
Together, We Can Save a Life
Your kindness today could change the course of Garvika’s entire future.
Together, we can give Garvika hope.
Together, we can give her life.
With endless hope and gratitude,
Rohini
Mother of Garvika 🙏
The goal amount of the campaign may be higher than the attached estimates to address and aid the post-hospitalization expenses/contingencies including but not limited to prolonged medication, diagnostics, rehabilitation therapies, and follow-up doctor visits/consultations which vary from disease to disease.
