The Priyanka Foundation is a nonprofit organization in Minnesota. Its purpose is to serve sick children and families by operating Child Life service programs for chronically ill children in India. A Child Life Center (CLC) is an innovative global concept that makes a significant and positive impact in the medical world for sick children and their families. A CLC works with these children and families to minimize the stress they feel during hospital stays or visits to the clinics, emergency rooms, radiology, or surgery areas. In addition a CLC provides developmental, educational, and therapeutic intervention for these children and their families, recognizing individual family needs, respecting different methods of coping.