Sustainable vision for grass roots Dr. Hitendra AhoojaSeptember 2012 Hyderabad (IN) w w w. n i r a m a y a t r u s t. o r g

1,80,00,000 India is home to largest number of Blind and still counting…with this event…

 AWARENESS  RESOURCES  WILL  GOVERNANCE

PROJECT “DRISHTIMITRA” VISION CENTRES C S R COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

COMMUNITY EYE CARE PROJECT PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS

Project ‘DRISHTIMITRA’, a model rural eye care project, one of the most significant in North India in terms of reach, coverage and breadth of services to cover about 45 villages Provision of high quality, comprehensive ‘Inclusive Primary Eye Care’ to entire population of project area (around 1 Lac) in a cost effective way Provision to ‘Secondary Eye Care’ for limited purpose of prevention of blindness mainly through Specialist Intervention and Cataract Surgeries

Separate delivery channels  Schools for young  Village camps for elderly, adults, infants and non- school going children Over a period of 18 month, project reached out to most of the target population in Gurgaon and Jajjhar districts Project sponsored by Reliance

Primary Eye Care provided to 1,00,000 people Cataract Surgeries provided to 900 people Spectacles provided to people The cost per beneficiary was low and the technology- world class

 Niramaya runs, eight primary eye care centres, since 2005  Each centre, supported by a local community leader, operated once a week  Common resources (medical team, medicines, equipment) enable delivery of high quality services at low cost

 Cataract identification (surgery through another Project) & Refractive errors tackled  Around beneficiaries every year  Local community, corporates, individual donors support the project apart from a mother NGO Concern India Foundation

Awareness Dedicated efforts Visible results Community involvement

Niramaya Charitable Trust w w w. n i r a m a y a t r u s t. o r g 560/1, AEDI, New Railway Road, Gurgaon,