partnership across the socio economic spectrum:
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Sustainable vision for grass roots. w w w . n i r a m a y a t r u s t . o r g. PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE SOCIO ECONOMIC SPECTRUM:. Hyderabad (IN). Dr. Hitendra Ahooja. September 2012. ?. WHY. India is home to largest number of Blind . 1,80,00,000. and still counting…with this event…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE SOCIO ECONOMIC SPECTRUM: Sustainable vision for grass roots
Dr. Hitendra Ahooja September 2012 Hyderabad (IN)
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WHY
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1,80,00,000India is home to largest number of Blind
and still counting…with this event…
A significant number in rural, remote and under-served areas
More than nearly half of the blindness is preventable
REASONS FOR GAPS
AWARENESS RESOURCESWILLGOVERNANCE
NIRAMAYA’S INITIATIVES
PROJECT “DRISHTIMITRA” VISION CENTRES
C S R COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIVENESS
PROJECT ‘DRISHTIMITRA’
COMMUNITY EYE CARE PROJECT PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
PROJECT MISSION
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
PROJECT MISSION
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
IMPACT
• Primary Eye Care provided to 1,00,000 people
• Cataract Surgeries provided to 900 people
• Spectacles provided to 16000 people
• The cost per beneficiary was low and the technology- world class
VISION CENTRE
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
VISION CENTRE
Cataract identification (surgery through another Project) & Refractive errors tackled
Around 10000 beneficiaries every year
Local community, corporates, individual donors support the project apart from a mother NGO Concern India Foundation
SUSTAINABILITY
Awareness
Dedicated efforts
Visible results
Community involvemen
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Niramaya Charitable Trust
THANK YOU !
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