BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION
Dr. Nasreen Hussain was awarded the Leonard P. Burke, M.D. Memorial in
June, 1993 by the Department of Family Practice & Community Health
at the University of Minnesota for her unique service contribution while
at the University of MN Research Department to identify preventable causes
of developmental delays in children. She used the accompanying $750 cash
award, funded by the Minnesota Medical Foundation, as seed money to start
a charitable health clinic in Hyderabad, India. This clinic was operated
by friends and volunteers on an as-available basis in her absence.
The renovation of the second of two Shaktishifa Clinic buildings, originally
an old chicken coop and two-room cabin, was completed in the summer of
2003. The Shaktishifa clinic is now open and caring for those in need.
Building 1 -- beginning the renovation.
The opening day celebration August 9, 2003 in Hyderabad.