Community Eye Care

Community Eye Care

India is home to more than 20 percent of the world’s blind population and the largest number of blind children in any one country. Eye Doctors makes sure that everyone has access to affordable, quality eye care. It works in collaboration with Eye Savers Trust which is a non-profit, charitable organization that works towards the elimination of blindness in the most under-served areas which badly need the modern treatment but cannot afford the cost. It makes these facilities available in deserving cases free of cost. For this, it conducts periodic rural and urban camps for the under privileged where all patients will undergo a comprehensive eye examination. Community Ophthalmology department of Eye Doctors works at a community level because we know that rural populations face a number of challenges in the form of scarcity of health services, quailed doctors, nurses and poor transport networks leaving a significant portion of the population without access to basic healthcare services.

Comprehensive primary eye care services
Camps

Providing free surgical/ medical treatment for eye diseases, especially Cataract
Eye disease check up at old age homes

School vision screening
Low vision rehabilitation
Screening of diabetic retinopathy
Training and educating communities (social workers, teachers, ASHA workers, PHCs etc in close contact with rural population) to identify people having visual incapacities but not taking treatment due to ignorance or poverty so that even the most remote areas receive the best possible treatment.This community awareness and mobilization helps to provide treatment for corneal blindness, childhood blindness, quality assurance, refractive error and diabetic retinopathy. We are also actively involved in the activities of the World Health Organization’s Vision 2020 initiative.

Patients that can be managed in camps are provided medicines and refraction services on the spot. Patients requiring cataract surgery are transported to Eye Doctors, get admitted and operated free of charge. For patients requiring treatment under various ophthalmic sub-specialties, special arrangements are made to support them. Under Low Vision Rehabilitation services organized by the department, people with visual disability are being provided with low vision aids and visual rehabilitation services in the form of counselling, issuance of disability certificates, mobility & orientation training, activities of daily living training and advice for environmental and lighting modification etc. Eyesavers trust works with the contributions and donations received. Eye savers are individuals or organizations that make a contribution to the Eyesavers Trust and its work (hospital support, research, equipment etc). Their financial contribution will be used to support public health programs i.e. free eye care treatments and surgeries of below poverty line patients. Make yourself a part of a noble cause of helping hundreds of needy people out there, who are deprived of specialized eye care services owing to financial constraints. Your philanthropic attitude and help can go a long way in helping a blind patient to see!! Let us work towards the common goal to eradicate blindness!

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS PROGRAMME

Sl.No	SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS	Amount
1	SPONSOR ONE EYE SURGERY If you want to lighten up the life of a person blind from cataract, support a free cataract surgery.	2000
2	ONE CATARACT SURGERY EVERY MONTH FOR A YEAR If you want to eliminate preventable blindness form cataract, join our endeavour and get one eye operated every month.	@ 2000 per month
3	SPONSOR ONE COMPREHENSIVE EYE CAMP We endeavor to give all underprivileged patients a comprehensive eye examination through our eye camps. Join us to help us in our endeavor. Cost is inclusive of publicity charges, venue rentals, food, transport and other expenses	3000
4	ONE SCHOOL EYE CAMP Uncorrected refractive errors are the main cause of vision impairment in children and their prevalence is increasing dramatically among children. Sponsor a comprehensive eye screening for the children, ensuring academic success in school.	7000
5	AN EYE CAMP AND SURGERIES FROM THAT CAMP Despite the magnitude of the problem of avoidable blindness, only a very small percentage of the people needing cataract surgery or other treatment actually seek it because of financial and logistical barriers, lack of awareness or low doctor/patient ratio. Help us reach and operate these unprivileged people.	45,000
6	ONE GLAUCOMA SURGERY A glaucoma surgery can cost anything up to Rs. 50,000. Even a small contribution from you can make a big difference & help patients battling with ailment who lack awareness.	10,000
7	LASER THERAPY FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY Contribute for one Laser therapy session for diabetic retinopathy for the underprivileged.	6000
8	SETTING UP A FIRST REFERRAL OPHTHALMIC (FRO) UNIT The main objective of FRO unit is to provide basic eye care services on a permanent basis in villages. Permanent eye care facilities in rural areas motivate people to seek earlier treatment for vision problems thus preventing them from becoming visually impaired. Donate to set up a FRO centre for people to proactively seek eye care before it is too late.	3,00,000
9	Sponsor Hospital Research, Equipment etc	Talk to the Director

HOW TO MAKE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS ?

For payments by cheque/draft	EYESAVERS TRUST
For payments by cash, contact	DIRECTOR, EYE DOCTORS
For RTGS	STATE BANK OF INDIA ACCOUNT NUMBER-………………………., IFS Code- SBIN000……..

Those who are willing to Support/ Organize / Sponsor free (Cataract / Eye Screening) Camp can contact our Director. The contact number is +91-8876518735

THIS IS HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

Through a certificate from the Hospital for your services

Name will be listed in the Foundation’s Annual Report

Name will be entered in the list of donors in the waiting area

You will have an access to Eyesavers lounge and avail early check-up facilities

Despite all the contributions made to social causes, there is a huge gap between the amount donated by philanthropists and money required by the needy. For this very reason, Government has given tax benefits on donations. Thus, the amount donated towards charity is allowed as deduction under section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Contribution is voluntary and there is no compulsion for it. Even if you register under the program, you can still be an Eye Saver.

DON’T LET THE FOLLOWING THINGS HOLD YOU FROM BEING A PART OF THIS GREAT INITIATIVE

THE PROBLEM IS SO BIG…MY SMALL CONTRIBUTION WONT HELP OUT

This is the first thing which comes to the mind. But we all know every drop in the ocean counts…every individual effort will add up to reap the final result…just think of people who will lead a lightened life with only a small percentage of our income.

EVEN IF I CONTRIBUTE, IT WON’T REACH THE DESERVING PERSON

We all know that the aid money sometimes does not reach the right hands or the deserving person. The right approach to this is contributing in a way that it can’t be misused. After you give it to the Trust, your contribution will be properly accounted for and directed to the concerned with no interventions. We just guide you about how to achieve the noble cause.

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED…PROBLEM STILL REMAINS

Global avoidable eye blindness is a massive problem, and aid has not made it disappear. To help fight the eye diseases, there is a need for creating awareness, early diagnosis and treatment. Despite the hindrances in the developing world, a lot has been achieved in the prevention and management of avoidable blindness with an increase in both the quantity and quality of cataract surgery. If after spending relatively little, we have achieved so much in terms of eye care, imagine what we all work towards the common goal to eradicate blindness