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Annual Report 2014Strategic Plan 2015-20

Contents

Annual Report

Director’s Note 3Founder 4Patrons/ Mentors/ Founder Members 5 Sub Committee 6Why The Project Vision 7 Our Approach 8 Achievements of 2014 Eye Donation Awareness Programs and Eye Pledges 10 Vision Ambassadors 12 Bangalore Blind Walk 13 World Sight Day Program 17 World Sight Day Awards 2014 19 Vision’15 21 Book on Visually Challenged Achievers 22 3000 Cataract Operations 23 Socio economic Rehabilitation Programs

Strategic Plan – TPV Vision 2020

Strategic Plan for 2015 – 2020 24Rationale 25Target Population 26Strategy 27ObjectivesStrategic Programmes 28

Eye Donation and Transplant Affordable Eye Care Inclusive Education Livelihood Programmes Social Empowerment Aids and Appliances Advocacy Works Organising Events

Estimated Results 33 Project Vision Centre 35Human Resource - Development and Policies 37Fund Raising and CommunicationMonitoring and Evaluation Criteria

Financial Management 38The Project Vision Structure Collaborators 39

Director's Note

Dreaming for the unseeable ! The fact of every third of the 39 million blind in the world being an Indian challenged us.

A group of fifty of us took the challenge.

The outcome was The Project Vision. A new vision was needed. We came out with a movement model.

An army was needed to make it successful. We invented the concept of Vision Ambassadors.

We knew that creative programs were critical to spread the message. We did worlds' first Blind Walk.

We knew that the visually challenged needed our caring touch. We organized the VISION15 New Year program for them.

We knew only advocacy can make major changes. We organized the World Sight Day with the Union Health Minister.

Many had made lifelong commitment to the field. We instituted the Project Vision Awards.

Eye care and rehabilitation of the visually challenged beyond Bengaluru is a major challenge. We have started to establish a world class center.

An eventful first year of Project Vision has been completed. Here is our annual report.

You journeyed with us and made it possible. THANKS. Achieving great feats need a great deal of planning. We have put our minds together to compile our dreams for the next five years.

VISION 2020 Strategic Plan of The Project Vision is presented here.

TOGETHER, WE CAN. WITH YOU, WE WILL.

Inviting to journey with us,

For The Project Vision Team,

Fr. George Kannanthanam

Fr. George Kannanthanam Founder Director The Project Vision

Fr. George dreams of a world where everybody can see.

The Founder

The idea of The Project Vision was conceived by Fr. George Kannanthanam, Catholic Priest and Social Worker. He has been involved with various social programs for the marginalised groups since 25 years. He founded the HOPE Society in 1988 to work among alcoholics and drug addicts. He lived with the leprosy affected persons at the Sumanahalli Centre for 12 years. He initiated SUPPORT centres in Bengaluru and Belgaum to provide HIV affected destitute persons care and rehabilitation.

With a Masters in Social Work and Doctorate in Sociology, Fr George has written the book named THE EMPTY NEST, on the rehabilitation model for leprosy. He was conferred National Award from Government of India which was received from President Abdul Kalam in 2003, Mother Teresa Award for selfless service in 2012 and Best Citizen of Bengaluru Award from Namma Bengaluru Foundation in 2013.

Our Patrons

Two very eminent persons are the Patrons of The Project Vision. They provide us with guidance and leadership. His Grace Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bengaluru and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living

His Grace Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bengaluru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living

Our Mentors

Rev. Dr. James Kannanthanam, Provincial, Claretians and Shri Lukose Vellatharai, IAS are the mentors of The Project Vision. Being closely associated with the program, they guide us through their suggestions and support.

Rev Dr James Kannanthanam, Provincial, Claretians

Shri Lukose Vellatharai, IAS

Founder Members

The Project Vision is a global idea since blindness is a global issue. About 50 persons from varied backgrounds – religion, language, race, profession, organizations - have committed themselves to be the Founder Members. They contribute their ideas, strengths and resources to realize the dream of The Project Vision. They are divided into eight different sub committees for operational purposes.

Sub Committees

Strategy/ Technical Support

Modi Hospital Siby Abraham , WIPROMathew Manimala, IIM-BDr Hareesh, Abhishek Netradama Dr Shobha Ekka,Eliza Pereira, St John's HospitalFr. Antony Sebastian, ECHOChristie Abraham, Action AidJayanth Kumar, AIFO

Networking/Convergence

Ms. Lilly Samuel, Sandeep Seva NilayaFr. Edward Thomas, Catholic Religious of India Sr. Margaret, CRISr. Mary Mascarenhas, SJT, Social WorkerSr. Regi john, Catholic Health Association India Fr. Peter Dsouza, SumanahalliGlady Jacob, Christ UniversityMr. Chandran, MediaFr. Brian Pereira, AICUFGay Peng/Juliet, National University, SingaporeRugmani Prabhakar, Art of Living Tina Mathew

Media and Campaign

Sharath Sandith, Thoughts in ActionSunil Kupperi, Genesis MediaSiby Abraham, WIPROAnand H Doddanna, Beanbag DesignAnitha Chris Evert, Beanbag DesignRyan Lobo, Film Maker Jaijo Joseph, AAA Advertising Sanjay Bose, Eastwest PR

Resource Mobilization

M. V. Jose, AIFO

Wg. Cdr. K J George, WMCIgnatio Turro, Neem T. J. Joseph, Anu SolarBenny Veeppatt, World VisionSony George, UNICEF

Finance and Legal Matters, Administration

Dias Jacob, CA, Dias and AssociatesCyriac Thomas, AdvocatePradeep John, CASibu George, Elroy Ms. Manju George

Promoting Creativity/ Awareness

Franklin S, IDFManoj, Divine MelodiesIssac AP, MusicianLokesh, MediaPrathiba.S, ArtistJames Thomas, Music Director

Enlisting Volunteers and Training

Pratap .J .J, AdvocateDr Nagendra Prasad, Social WorkerAdhisayanathan, SumanahalliMastanSaheb, SumanahalliMs. Jolly DebMs. Shalini Sunil. Fireflies Joel Manuel, Aveve Asia

New Members

Sunny GeorgeAlex Tuscano, PRAXISJefy PineiroAmali Naik, GASSJayaram, NaynajyothiWilliam Panakal, BMCA

Scope of Work

There are different areas of work for the people with visual problems that offer great possibilities for us to contribute positively.

The main scope is in the line of eye donations. At present approximately only 35,000 corneas are collected in India every year, whereas 150,000 are required annually to combat corneal blindness. As a result, the patient line-up and wait to get a corneal transplant keeps getting longer with each passing day. Furthermore, the cost of cornea transplant in addition to unavailability for corneas makes it practically impossible for underprivileged people to access these medical remedies.

Providing affordable eye care facilities for the rural population beyond Bengaluru is a major challenge. Over 10 million population could be covered with our intervention.

Another area of work will be to get the permanently blind person to lead a better life. There is a huge dearth of trained person to deal with disability issues. Advocacy work needed to ensure the rights of persons with blindness. The global fact that 82% of the persons with disabilities belong to the economically weaker section of the society, calls us to focus on this segment.

Vision

“Let Everyone See”

Mission

Providing opportunity for every blind person to gain sight & for the permanently blind to live a full life

Goals

Eye donation to become a norm globallyMaking Bengaluru the eye donation capital of the world

Why The Project Vision (TPV)There are 39 million people across the globe that is blind. India is now home to the world's largest number of blind people with 15 million persons. (WHO 2010)

As regards our home State of Karnataka, a national survey on blindness has shown that barely 50 per cent of the people in Karnataka have near normal vision and prevalence of blindness is more than the national average. Covering 40,000 people all over the country, including 3,200 in Karnataka, a survey by the National Programme to Control Blindness has pointed out that 13.7 per cent of the population in the State suffers from blindness as against the national average of 8.5 per cent. Thus we cannot be blind to this issue. It needs our immediate attention.

St Joseph’s College St Thomas Church

Vincent De Paul Society St Peter’s Church

NSS Volunteers St Aloysius College, Mangalore

St Joseph’s Evening College Dias and Associates

Eye Donation Awareness Programs and Eye PledgesTPV undertook several awareness programs on eye donations for various groups and organizations in Bengaluru and Mangalore in 2014. All the programs were also aimed at getting them committed to making a pledge to donate their eyes. Many of them also came forward to become Vision Ambassadors who will carry this message to the community and act as a liaison between the donor and the eye banks.

Achievements of 2014

Vision Ambassadors The Project Vision movement is driven by the Vision Ambassadors. Vision Ambassador, aware of his/her social responsibility, makes a decision to contribute ones time, energy, knowledge, contacts and resources to bring light to the blind.

Become a Vision Ambassador: Enroll people for eye donation in your neighborhood or among your contacts. Follow up to ensure that their commitment is realized by acting as linkage between the donor and the Eye Bank in the event of death. We need a volunteer for every 100 persons, roughly 25 families. We will train you for this process and also provide you the Vision Ambassador kit with presentation materials, pledge forms, certificates, posters and so on.

Being a Vision Ambassador

Understanding the issue of blindness and plight of the people who are blind, the Vision Ambassador is one who develops a desire to contribute to make a change in their situation and commits himself/herself to the cause.

Vision Ambassador, aware of his/her social responsibility, makes a decision to contribute ones time, energy, knowledge, contacts and resources to bring light to the blind.

The Project Vision movement is driven by the Vision Ambassadors.

A kit with different materials to help the Vision Ambassador will be provided with the following:

An Identification Card from the The Project Vision 100 pledge cards An information booklet A CD-ROM loaded with multimedia such as presentation slides and videos about the blind 100 Eye donation certificates to be given to those who pledge Posters for use at awareness programs or other places

Scenes of Blind Walk on MG Road

Bangalore Blind Walkthe first of its kind in the world

Bangalore Blind Walk - the first of its kind in the world. 1500 persons are going to blind fold themselves and be led in a walk by 300 blind persons themselves. This will happen in three locations in Bengaluru.

Our goal is to provide an opportunity to experience what is blindness for the participants and through this to create awareness for the public about eye donation. Being the first of its kind globally, it will be a global event. No Bengaluru can escape knowing about it.

MG ROADBengaluru is host to the first ever “Blind Walk”

The world's first ever Bangalore Blind Walk took place in Bengaluru from the Metro station on the 24th of August, Sunday form Metro station on M.G. Road to Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park. The unique walk was flagged off by Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities, Govt of India, Shri Prasanna Kumar Pincha, a visually challenged person himself. The walk had over 600 people from different walks of life participate and more than 100 organizations were represented at the walk.

For everyone it was a special experience to walk without seeing depending on theperson in the front who was blind. The entire group walked on the top boulevard of theMetro Station to reach Kumble circle. From there the Walk proceeded on the Mahathma Gandhi road towards the Cubbon Park to enter into Bal Bhavan. The whole walk was more than a kilometer covered in just over 30 minutes.

Reaching Bal Bhavan everyone who participated took an oath to donate their eyes andwork for the blind persons. The beautiful dances from Samarthanam by the visuallychallenged and the mime by Shooonya kept everyone to 'feel being blind', which was the objective of the walk. Volunteers from St Anns College were the volunteers leading the walk. Amway was the Event Partners.

“I thought it was easy to walk for sometime blindfolded.

I have done that as a child. But when I started to move

I lost all sense of direction and control. I just held on to

the person in front and somehow completed the walk. It

was a real challenge. Now I know what it means to be

blind. I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP THE

BLIND. I PLEDGE MY EYES.”Anjali

JAYANAGARReligious Leaders Join Second "Blind Walk" In Display Of Unity

After the tremendous success of the first ever Blind Walk that took place in Bengaluru on August 24th, 2014 from the Metro station on M.G.Road to Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park, the second unique walk took place from Id Gar Masjid to Christha Prabhalaya Church in Jayanagar.

Targeted towards a humanitarian cause, leaders across religions took part in the walk tosend a message to their communities on the dire need to donate eyes so that the visually impaired have an opportunity to see. The second Blind Walk was part of the efforts to create awareness about blindness and eye donation during the National eye donation fortnight.

Mr. Syed Sadath Ulla, Secretary - Id Gar Masjid, Jayanagar, Fr Arul Raj Sampath, ParishPriest - Christha Prabhalaya Church, Jayanagar, Dr Nagendra Prasad representing theJain Community and Mr Rangarajan representing Art of Living flagged off the walk.The walk culminated at the Christha Prabhalaya Church with a pledge to donate eyestaken by the Arch Bishop of Bengaluru, Bernard Moras and Jadatguru Chandrashekharanatha Swamiji, Vokkalingara Mahasamsthana along with the otherleaders and hundreds of volunteers who participated in large numbers.

Visually Challenged children from the Shri Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blindperformed at an enthralling cultural program. Y's Men International Millennium Club, Bengaluru was the partners. Aratt Group was the sponsor.

YESHWANTPURThird blind walk in Bengaluru draws hundreds to donate eyes

The third and final "Blind Walk" at Yeshwantpur saw the participation of over 700 people from all walks of life. The walk was led by Dr. Bhujang Shetty, Founder and Director of Narayana Nethralaya and Mr. Aby Abraham, Regional Director, Y's Men International to promote the concept of eye donation.

While over 500 people participated in the first two walks, today's walk touched a record 700 plus people who also pledged to donate their eyes. Visually challenged persons from Articulate Ability performed at the program held at the Amphitheatre in Orion Mall while Shooonya, a professional group of artists presented Dollu Kunitha through a skit to create awareness on eye donation.

We organized the three walks with the primary objective of spreading awareness onblindness and to educate the public on avenues of pledging their eyes. During the last walk held in Jayanagar, the Blind Walk received overwhelming support from leaders of various faiths and communities in a show of solidarity - all working towards a common goal to" let everyone see" and "to make Bengaluru the Eye Donation Capital of the World". Sponsored by Vindhya Infomedia and the Orion Mall, the walk commenced from Narayana Nethralaya and culminated at the Orion Mall, Yeshwantpur.

Advocacy at National Level

World Sight Day Program

We at the Project Vision observed World Sight Day. We had a very good program with over 500 people who attended it and Sri Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare was the Chief Guest for the day. The occasion was used for advocacy for the cause of blindness at the national level.

Various recommendation were proposed to the Government of India on the occasion by a team headed by Fr George Kannanthanam that comprised of:

Dr. Chandrasekhar Shetty – Member, NPCB, Dr Mahabaleswar - President, KOS Dr Solanki, President, BOS Mr V S Basavaraju, DNA

We presented a set of eight proposals to the Government of India on the occasion along with Karnataka Ophthalmology Society(KOS), Bengaluru Ophthalmology (BOS) and Disability NGO Alliance (DNA). Eyes of the children are not generally checked in their initial years. Eye Check up for

children to be mandatory as they enter the school system.

Comprehensive Eye Screening of the poor by strengthening the existing infrastructure for eye-care at the Taluk at District levels.

National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) can use the cost effective SMS pledging countrywide for effective creation of awareness about Eye donation.

Taking the cue from Karnataka, every state in the country should have a dedicated helpline number for the public to reach an eye bank. Karnataka has a dedicated 104 health helpline call number to reach an eye bank.

Hospital based Cornea Retrieval is the best source for useful corneas. Parliament has enacted Required Request law mandating the hospitals to ask for eye donation. There is need for effective awareness creation among hospitals and doctors.

Government could initiate Eye Registry on the lines of Organ Donation. This would help to effectively use the corneas and provide corneas on “First come First Served” basis.

Eye donation to be made a norm in the society considering the large numbers waiting for the cornea transplant through a movement promoted by the Government.

Creating mechanisms to ensure that the required request law mandating hospitals to ask next of kin of the deceased about eye donation and register the reply on death certificate is implemented.

In his presidential address, HON. Sri Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that “blindness is one of the diseases that the Government of India has identified to be tackled with special attention. More than legislation, greater awareness and social and religious movement is effective in promoting eye donations that can benefit a large number of people. Concerted efforts from a small group of committed can lead to great results in addressing the issues of the visually challenged”.

Honouring their service: TPV AWARDS

World Sight Day Awards 2014

We have instituted awards to honour people who have been diligently working day and night towards the betterment of the Visually Challenged. This year 2014 WORLD SIGHT DAYAWARDS were given to three persons. They were given away by Union Minister for Health and Family Life, Shri Dr Harsha Vardhan.

Despite our gained knowledge, sadly, our efforts are not always successful but we have few eminent persons amidst us who have understood their difficulties, recognised their abilities and learn how to co-operate and communicate with them in a social as well as hospital environment. They are born with an ability to change someone’s eyes and today there are heroes for many people around the world.

Ms. Antoniamma - for being hope for the blind

Antoniamma who is 66 years old has taken care of all who were in need more than her life for past 13 years. She has been tremendously proven what real human being is and she is a living example who thought us a lesson that nothing is impossible. We all love to see the whole world with our eyes, she made it possible for more than 3000 people who would love to see the world and she is been the heartbeat for many by raising funds for heart operations by welcoming them to their life.

As we all know everyone work hard day and night for their basic need and for their daily bread and Antoniamma has worked hard to feed more than 20 people every day without fail. She is the right example for live and let live.

Mr. Gurudev and Team - for nearly 300 Cornea Collections

Mr. Gurudev who has his own team in Doddabellapur who believes to see the beautiful things in this world who also believes that others who cannot see should see the beauty of this world. He and his team from past 2 and a half years have successfully made it possible to collect 294 eyes and given it to Dr. Raj Kumar Netra Bandara eye bank to help those who cannot see the world.

He really appreciates those children who have given him eminent support by informing about people after death and this made possible for Mr. Gurudev because he and his team has conducted awareness programmes in the nearby schools. He made sure to those who need eyes with a statement “ I am there when you smile and when you cry because when you smile your eyes shows that u smile and when you cry your tears reaches your smile.

Mr. Jayaraman -for 100 Cornea Collections and Call Center 104

Nowadays online shopping is booming the market to buy anything you wish just one click away. Electronic Engineer Mr. Jayaraman made it that convenient and that easy to gain or pledge eye in just one SMS or call. As part of Nayana Jyothi trust Bengaluru based Jayaraman was overwhelmed by the number of eye donors who had registered through a website which he had launched 4 years back.

The major achievement and contribution of Mr Jayaraman is his success in getting the common number for eye donation for Karnataka (104) and Tamil Nadu (108). This has made eye donation very easy and accessible to all. Congratulations Jayaraman.

VISION’15

VISION’15

No one invites a visually challenged to a New Year party. No one offers them a New Year gift. We wanted to change this. TPV offered them an opportunity to celebrate New Year 2015 in a grand way – with lot of fun and entertainment. VISION 15 on 4th of January at St Joseph’s College will always be remembered fondly by the visually challenged.

Over 200 Visually Challenged persons had a special New year experience In all we had around 450 including guests & members present We had a special program organized only for them We didn’t have any Chief Guest they were the main guests for the day A new year cake was cut by the visually challenged to mark the celebration organised at the

St Joseph's college 4th January was also Louis Braille day. His life story was presented to thank him for making

life easy for the visually challenged through the Braille. Music from Divine Melodies was the main entertainment for the program. Shoonya group of performing artists kept them happy with games & traditional art forms like

dollu. Several Visually Challenged persons also exhibited their talents during the program. We had over 50 Volunteers from AICUF and Chavara Church. Everyone enjoyed a sumptuous meal to celebrate VISION’15

They walked back home with a gift hamper worth Rs.1000 each. The gift was meant to make life easier for them in 2015

a white cane to get them to move easier a talking watch to ensure they know that time a backpack to make them easily mobile a shawl to take care of this cold season

Special Thanks to:

St. Joseph’s College for providing the space Praxis, an NGO for providing the food Divine Melodies and Shoonya for the music and fun

Book on Visually Challenged Achievers – ‘Blind Can See’

A book on the visually challenged persons who have done exceptionally well in life is being compiled by The Project Vision. This is a book on high achievers among the blind (an edited volume containing short biographies on blind achievers. The objective is to give hope to the visually challenged. This must motivate them to do better in life.

We compile the life stories of around 15 of them from all around the country - about three pages for each person, as a biographical presentation.

The proceeds from the book will go entirely to support programs for the visually challenged through The Project Vision. The book is getting ready for publication.

3000 Cataract Operations

The Project Vision has been able to organize for cataract operation for over 3000 persons so far. Most of them are socio economically marginalized persons who cannot afford to go for a cataract operation otherwise. Camps to identify such were conducted and patients taken for the operations. Small groups were taken directly for such check up and operated. Project Drishti and Mahaveer Jain Hospital were the main partners in this program. Both were glad to have persons ready for such interventions. It was a completely free procedure.

Ms Antoniamma coordinated this effort for The Project Vision. The fact that 60% of all visually impairment is caused due to cataract makes it imperative that we focus our attention on this group. The detection and treatment of such cases is a step towards tackling this wide problem.

Socio Economic Rehabilitation Programs

All blindness cannot be set right. Therefore The Project Vision developed activities to help the permanently blind to live a better life through socio economic assistance. Education, training, job placement, housing, marriages, self employment and so on are the ways to provide them a new lease of life.

Suresh was born blind and he says, “My parents had no words, but only tears to see me without sight. They thought my world would be empty and dark without any happiness and full of challenges. All my relatives and villagers started saying that society will not accept a blind child. They criticized that I would be of no use to anyone.”

Suresh’s parents got him an admission in a residential blind school where he struggled to adjust in the new environment with his friends who were all without sight, but he persevered with a lot of hope, will power and self-confidence. He worked very hard to get good grades each year but unfortunately he had to discontinue his studies after an accident left him immobile.

Suresh is unique with a humble personality, positive attitude towards life, very friendly and respectful. He completed his SSLC, PUC and later finished his basics in computers.

Suresh learnt mobile service and wanted to earn a living repairing mobiles and a computer center. He needed a computer to start.

TPV heeded to this request by Mr Suresh and provided him a computer. Mr Jayaraman came forward to donate a computer. Mr Suresh now makes a livelihood with the computer centre.

Why and How

Vision 2020 document has been prepared to collectively consolidate all the noble work of the past; learn from experiences; draw strength from the successes and build a 'new policy, plan of action' and strategic frame work for the project vision, which will guide the team towards achieving the 2020 Vision. Various groups of pioneers from the different sectors have been consulted to develop this document namely; individual's consultants, expert groups, doctors from reputed Hospitals, NGOs representatives, volunteer's and project vision founders.

Participatory methods were applied to collect and analyze the data, preparing the rational, listing the priorities, defining vision and mission, preparing the strategic programme, listing the outcomes, estimation of cost analysis and other content of the vision plan. Participating methods such as: discussions with the project visionaries; deliberations with staff; consultations from persons with visual impairment; Field visits; area mapping; and discussions with technical experts were applied to finalize the document.

Strategic Plan for TPV Vision 2020

Project Vision founder members who are about 50 committed persons from divergent backgrounds have come together to do this strategic planning. Special contribution has been done by the following persons:

Mr Sony George, UNICEF

Dr Jayanth Kumar, Ph. D, AIFO

“Nothing About Us, Without Us”

James Chalton

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A survey by the National Programme to Control Blindness (NPCB) covering 40,000 people all over the country, including 3,200 in Karnataka, has pointed out that 13.7 per cent of the population in the State suffers from blindness as against the national average of 8.5 per cent.

The national blindness control programme is striving hard through various programmes. Apart from the large numbers, what worries is the fact that the persons with vision disabilities face negative attitudes and discrimination in our society. Social interaction, education, marriage and getting employment will be difficult, even more so for women. Children with vision disabilities are neglected or may be over-protected.

Community negative attitude may create problems leading to social and economic dependency, lack of mobility, lack of information and lack of family environment. Though Persons with Disability Act of India 1995 makes certain provisions for blind persons, these are not reaching especially those living in rural areas.

At present approximately only 35,000 corneas are collected in the country every year, whereas 150,000 are required annually to combat corneal blindness.

Thus there is a great need to contribute in the line of eye donations, eye care, and early identification of blindness, early intervention, primary care, secondary care and treatment to prevent the possible permanent blindness along with strategies for mainstreaming the visually challenged.

Therefore, the project vision has decided to develop this long-term plan to reduce blindness, to promote eye care awareness, to prevent possible blindness and to provide justice to children, women with visual impairment and deaf and blind persons in line with the global and national programs.

Rationale

According to World Health Organization, there are 39 million people across the globe blind among the 285 million persons who are visually impaired.

VISION 2020 is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, a joint programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) with an international membership of NGOs, professional associations, eye care institutions and corporations. It has sought the cooperation of everyone to work for 'prevention all avoidable blindness'.

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Our target population is the visually challenged anywhere and everywhere. Our special targetwould be to assist the visually challenged who are from the marginalized sections, eithereconomically or socially. Our geographical focus for eye donation movement will be Bengalurucity and Karnataka State, which will be expanded as required and feasibleas a globalmovement, since blindness is a global phenomenon and eye donation is a global strategy.Efforts will be made also to prevent corneal blindness.

Our general eye care, treatment and rehabilitation program initially will be catering to the ruralareas beyond Bengaluru city, five districts comprising Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar,Tumkurdistricts of Karnataka and Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh, which is a compactgeographical area with over 10.5 million population. The Centre will be based at Gowribiddanur,100 kilometers from Bengaluru city, a central location for this area with good accessibility,administratively under Tumkur District.

TPV will ensure that we make strategic programmes benefit all, in particular the children withvision problems, youth with vision disabilities, women with visual impairment without distinctionof any age, sex, disability, culture, race, ethnicity, origin, migratory status, religion, economic orother status.

Target Population

Bengaluru Rural

Chikkaballapur

Tumkur

Ananthapur

Kolar

Strategy

The Project Vision will adopt and engage different strategies for different aspects of our mission.

We will focus on a movement strategy for promoting eye donations and garnering support for eye transplant bringing together all sections of the society using the media in a large way.

We will take an institutional approach towards treatment and eye care based at our center at Gowribiddanur, but will reach out to the large rural areas in the belt through our outreach programs.

We will take recourse to Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach in dealing with the social, economic and educational needs of the people in the community.

ObjectivesThe following are the key objectives of The Project Vision:

To ensure cornea availability for transplant and to make Bengaluru a center for eye donations To facilitate the necessary policies and systems for harvesting and transplanting corneas

To provide affordable eye care facilities with a special focus for the rural marginalized people To promote inclusive education of the persons with Visual impairment

To facilitate community based rehabilitation through livelihood and social empowerment

To promote the talents of the visually challenged persons

To take up advocacy works for the cause of visual impairment

To ensure availability of aids and appliances

To encourage, promote and train personnel to work for visual impairment

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”.

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Let everyone See

To make eye donation as a country wide movement, Bengaluru as capital city of eye donation and generate wide spread awareness regarding the need for eye donation globally. To establish new eye banks, strengthen eye banking systems, eye donation facilities and infrastructure To train personnel in the community for eye care, eye donation Training and appointment of grief counselors in major hospitals Develop a media plan to use digital and print media to focus on the life and issues of the visually challenged. To develop and promote Vision Ambassadors To encourage, honor and train persons dedicated for this cause To create partnership with existing groups and institutions to promote eye donations

Eye Donation and Transplant

Affordable Eye Care

To initiate a primary and secondary eye care hospital for the rural population School children eye screening camps and campaigns. Awareness campaign on early childhood development of visual disabilities. Mass cataract operation camps and campaigns. IEC activities for promotion of eye care and mass campaign on prevention of blindness. Activities for primary, secondary and tertiary level eye care activities in different states will be promoted. Starting up of a primary and secondary eye care hospital. To start a scientific research unit on issues related to vision and rehabilitation in collaboration with the reputed hospitals in the country.

Inclusive Education

Support for inclusive Primary education for the children with visual impairment.

Promote Sarvashiksha Abhyaan (SSA)

Financial Support for secondary and higher education for the student with visual impairments.

Establishment of a special school for the visually impaired children.

Starting up/promoting of RCI study center (Foundation course, Diploma and special B. Ed on Visual Impairment.

Promote education fellowship programme for higher education.

Promote Non-formal education activities for the families with visually impaired child/persons.

To start a braille printing press in different languages, a library with accessible IT technology, a RCI study center covering all the issues of persons with visual disabilities.

To initiate a special unit for the empowerment of persons who are deaf and blind.

Livelihood Programmes

Establishment of multiple skill training center for the blind.

Creation of craft skill unit for women with blindness

Initiation of Income generation activities for the blind

Promotion of financial services (Micro credit schemes) for the blind

Starting up of support systems for self-employment of the blind

Undertake activities promoting employment for blind adults

Promote individual and family business entrepreneurships for the blind.

Support on social protection and counseling Starting up Inclusive self-help groups Promote disabled peoples' organizations Promote political participation of persons with VI in rural areas. Interventions towards improving communication Promote activities towards legal protection Undertake activities towards encouragement of art, science, sports and culture for persons with visual disabilities. Promote marriage and family life for persons with visual difficulties. To provide care for the destitute visually challenged persons.

Social Empowerment

Aids and Appliances

Workshops and campaigns for providing assistive devices for persons with vision difficulties.

To make spectacles/assistive devices affordable and available for the community specially the lower socio economic segments of the population.

To take up advocacy work with the various groups and government

To print and publish materials

Advocacy Works

Organising Events

The project vision will undertake certain specific and significant events every year to focus attention on the issue of visual impairment The major events will be LouisBraille day, women's day, world sight day, events for eye donation fortnight, literacy day, children's day, parents day, white cane day, world disabled day, poverty, health and environmental day.

In addition, Special events such as dinner in the dark, dialog in the dark, dance in the dark, walk in the dark, Devil in the dark, so on will be introduced to create further awareness and interest towards the cause.

‘Be the sight for the blind.’

Holy Bible

250,000

persons with vision problems will be benefitted

Primary and Secondary

Eye Care Hospital

100,000 Cataract Operations

20% increase in Cornea

Collection

4 Eye Banks & 8 Eye Collection

Centres

1 million

Eye Pledges

20,000

Vision Ambassadors

1 million

school students will be screened

Vocation Training Centre

benefitting 1000 persons

Spectacles

at half the market price

Residential destitute care

for 100 persons

CBR

programmes

benefiting 5000

Estimated Results

With these interventions, we hope to achieve the following results:

A fully fledged resource center called “Project vision Centre/Kendra will be established in Gowribiddanur with medical, education, socio economic unit's benefiting 50,000 persons with vision difficulties on yearly basis for a period of next 5 years – thus 250,000 persons with vision problems will be benefited.

A fully equipped primary and secondary eye care hospital is established in Gowribiddanur.

Established collaboration with major hospitals, private, NGO and Government.

100,000 catar act operations to be coordinated regaining their sight

Increase of cornea collection at least 20% every year

Establish four eye banks and eight eye collection centres

1,000,000 volunteers will be registered as eye donors.

20,000 Vision Ambassadors to be promoted

The school student population of about one million will be screened during the five year period and treatment and assistive devices provided to the needy identified from them.

School, College and RCI Centre for university education for the students with visual impairment and others has been established benefiting 3000 persons every year.

Media and direct campaign on eye donation will be launched every year reaching to 2 million population.

At least10 special events every year will be conducted to raise awareness on eye care and eye donation.

Established vocation training Centre with multi skill trades for all types of visually impaired persons, promoting self-employment of men and women with visual impairment, for 1000 persons, annually 200 persons.

Initiated CBR programmes benefiting 5000 visually impaired persons along with other disabled persons.

A production unit of assistive devices, fitting and training unit for visually impaired persons will be started benefiting 500 persons every year.

Making available spectacles at half the market price

Sports and cultural events will be launched 2 per year, totally 10, Benefiting 1000 persons with visual disabilities.

250 marriages will be supported, 50 every year, benefiting 1500 persons with visual impairment and their families.

Destitute care will be provided to about 100 persons residentially in the centre and to about 500 persons in the community by way of financial and other support yearly. Thus totally supporting about 3000 persons.

Publish one book every year thus totally five books along with Writing articles and other materials

Develop a centre for training of personnel for working for the visually challenged and train about 100 persons annually, thus totally 500 persons in five years.

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

Helen Keller

The Project Vision CenterInfrastructural Facilities

In order to achieve the above objectives and targets, a fully-fledged empowerment resource Centre will be established in Gowribiddanur. The Centre will be equipped with well-trained human resource, equipment's as well as affiliations from government at all levels. The main aim of the Centre is to provide eye care services, primary and secondary care, promote the empowerment of visually impaired persons and families in health, education and socio economic self-sufficiency in their lives.

The Centre will have the following infrastructural facilities in the two separate plots of four and six acres each:

Plot 1 (4 acres )

Treatment, Training, Manufacturing and Management Blocks

Primary-secondary-tertiary eye care hospital – OPD/IP Blocks

Aids-appliances/spectacle manufacturing, fitting and distribution unit.

Multiple vocational skill and self-employment unit/ socio cultural and recreation

Centre withDisability study and research unit/ orientation and mobility training unit, Braille and audio library, audio-video recording centre, information and technology unit.

Office, management and training block with conference hall with audio visual accessible features Amphitheatre for awareness and common programs

Staff/volunteer quarters

Plot 2 (6 acres)

Rehabilitation Activities and Staff Residential Facilities

Education - Special school and training Centre/ Residential facilities

Home for the aged destitute persons with visual impairment.

Residence for the staff of the Rehabilitation activities

Villas for the staff and the volunteers

Other units will be decided on a phased manner.

Helen Keller

Human Resource Development and Policies

During the first year of 2020 vision implementation, a personnel, child, rehabilitation, training, eye care, eye donation, hospital, education, financial management, policies will be developed to provide a guideline about Organization policies and procedures for employees, volunteers, TPV visionaries, advisers, consultants, experts, persons with vision disabilities, families and community at large.

The purpose of these policies and guidelines is to assist all the personnel involved in TPV activities to become familiar with some of the most important privileges and obligations of employment with the project vision. In general the policies will be framed to benefit the persons with visual impairment. Maximum opportunities will be provided to them both in the management as well as staff positions.

Fundraising and Communication

In order to raise the resources to achieve and sustain the vision 2020 a fund raising strategy has been developed. The strategy will include communication elements and sources of funds. Cost analysis with percentage breakup will be prepared to accomplish the strategic program. Starting from individual donors; CSR, institutional funding, foundations, government and philanthropists will be listed.

A fund raising unit will be established with trained personnel and necessary equipment's. The team will prepare year-wise fund raising strategy with the breakup of funds required. Communication materials such as leaflets, branding documents, profiles, online gate ways will be also prepared as part of the fund raising strategy. As a result, by the end of 2020 effective communication tools and second year fund raising strategy will be in place.

The project vision website will have all the information about our activities, policies and financial matters. Social media campaign on eye donation will be launched using different social media. Different events for creating awareness and to raise the resource will be published on the web and all types of social media.

Monitoring and Evaluation

A team of monitoring and evaluation experts will monitor and evaluate the progress of TPV activities on a periodical basis. Plan versus achievement will be the key aspect for quarterly, half yearly and annual evaluation. Participatory methods like group discussion, expert consultation, mapping of progress, performance assessment will be used to ensure tracking of the Vision 2020. End of every year external evaluation will be conducted. Indicators are developed to for such evaluations.

Financial ManagementThe Project will have written finance policy consist of reporting requirements and schedule for reports, donation receipts for cash, banking instruments or in kind donations, composition of Financial Committee, maintaining financial records, Operation of Bank Accounts, Signatories to Bank Account, segregation of finance duties for internal control, expense authorization, budget, creation of special purpose and dedicated funds, internal and statutory audits and legal compliance.

A financial policy is being developed with the help of experts and copy of the policy will be disseminated to all the stakeholders. The policy will include a section on social audit and social balance sheet. This will be published along with the audit report at the end of every financial year. The Project Vision will adhere to all statutory requirements of the Government as well as the policies of the donor agencies.

Sustainability

Sustainability is a fundamental question that we need to address in long-term plans. The answer is very difficult; we need commitment, dedicated team, value based systems, right visualization of the vision, mission and future action of the strategy, awareness about the consequences, belief, professional skills and knowledge, open to accept challenges, so on so forth. We have a team of founder members, staff, advisers and volunteers who possesses all these qualities.

People are at the Centre of inclusive and sustainable development. In this regard, we need to strive for a world that is just, equitable and inclusive, and committed to work together to promote eye care, promote volunteers for eye donation, eye care promotion, support for rehabilitation of persons with visual impairment is even challenging task.

Our core sustainable strategy is to ensure local contributions, effective use of CSR policy, mobilizing the government’s resources, promote the concept of volunteerism, initiate SHGs and DPOs of persons with visual impairment and networking with other NGOs and campaigns/movements in the country.

“Don’t just leave a will, leave a vision”

The Project Vision Structure:

TPV has developed a structure to meet the legal as well as administrative requirements with a focus on it becoming easily manageable and flexible.

TPV Organogram:

Registered Society/Governing Body

Patrons and Mentors

TPV Founder Members

TPV Sub Committees

Staff

Vision Ambassadors

Beneficiaries

Collaborators

104 Arokiavani Orion Mall

AIFO Prison Ministry India – PMI

AAA Advertising Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind

AICUF Samarthan

AMWAY Sandeep Seva Nilaya

Art of Living Shooonya

ARATT SMYA

Asha Deepa Samasthe St Ann's College

Ashirvad St Claret College

Assumption Church St Joseph's College

Beanbag Design St Thomas Church, Diary Circle

BMCA NSS

Café Coffee Day Rotary Club

Charu Keerthi Bhattaraka Vedike Lions Club

Christ University Abhishek Netradama

Christa Prabhalaya Church St. Peter's Church

Elroy Chits Summanahalli

Grameena Abhyudaya Seva Samasthe Swabimanaya Foundation

Hiriya nagarika Vedike Thoughts in Action

Holy Cross Vincent De Paul Society

Indian development foundation – IDF Vindhya Infomedia

KSDPF World Malayalee Council

Narayana Nethralaya Y'smen International

Nayanajyothi Youth for Seva

TPV’s strategy is to reach to the whole society through the existing networks of people. Thus we have created a the linkages through various groups and entities as listed below.

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