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We love to crib
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About work
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About traffic
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About the government
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And about blackouts that perhaps last a few hours?
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Ever thought of a ‘life-long’ blackout?
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Inflicted on people who remain silent about it?
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You can change things
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Figures are facts!
• In India, 12 million people are blind• 2 million go blind every year – 62% from cataract• 320,000 children are blind• 9.2 million others are visually impaired and cannot attend regular
classes• 80% of these cases are either preventable or curable
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Do you still feel like cribbing? About basics?
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And the question is, are we doing enough?
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At Sankara Eye, we have made a start…
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…through The Gift of Vision Programme
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The Gift of Vision Programme
• Largest Structured Community Eye Care Programme in India
• Poor & needy in the rural areas are identified by door to door survey involving local self help groups
• The programme treats patients with surgically curable blindness including cataract, glaucoma, retinal ailments and even paediatric eye diseases such as squint
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The Reach
• Covers 110 revenue districts in 6 states and 2 UT
• Gift of Vision has benefitted millions through high quality eye care at the door steps of rural India.
• Gift of Vision is the most successful & cost-effective of all health interventions.
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A History of Success
• 7981 camps conducted as of now
• 5,03,322 Vision Restoring surgeries performed
• 98.8% success rate• 1,49,5572 outpatients
screened
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Preventive Eye Care
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The Need for Preventive Eye Care
• Early detection and timely intervention can very effectively preventive visual impairment.
• Refractive errors & Amblyopia (lazy eye disease) affects nearly 7 - 12% children in the community. Diagnosis is simple & the results of the treatment are dramatic
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The Need for Preventive Eye Care
• Sankara's preventive eye care program include :a) Rainbowb) Maitric) Swagatham
• Wherever required, special tests & medical/surgical treatment is provided free of cost
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The Programs
RAINBOW• Preventive eye care
for school children• 6-15 years age
group• Over 3 million
children screened in four districts.
• Replicated in Guntur, Bangalore, Anand, Shimoga, Chennai and in Nigeria
MAITHRI• Preventive eye
care for children at the ICDS Centres (Anganwadi)
• 3-6 years age group
SWAGATHAM• To screen new born
infants at maternity centres
• 0 -3 years age group
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About Sankara Eye Hospitals
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About Sankara Eye Hospitals
• Sankara is focusing on – Eliminating curable blindness in India– Eliminating blindness through preventive eye care
• Sankara Institutions have provided a cumulative eye care to the value of Rs. 1,528 million, which is an equivalent of $34 million
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Can you be a catalyst for change?
• You can be the catalyst for change in profoundly impacting the lives of many children & adults in our country. The rewards for restoring a person’s vision are priceless!
• You can join our communities by clicking on any of the links below:
www.facebook.com/sankaraeye www.twitter.com/sankarav2020 www.youtube.com/sankarav2020 www.flickr.com/sankarav2020
• For more information, log on to www.sankaraeye.com
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