1. Establish a new Rotary eye hospital focusing on surgeries for preventable blindness at Karol Bagh in New Delhi in a new partnership with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and the International Eye Foundation (IEF) and in cooperation with Dr. Schroff's Charity Eye Hospital. 2. Create a sustainable model of eye care through cross-subsidies. 3. Enhance preventative care and best practices in hygiene in the project area. 4. Train medical and non-medical (hospital management staff) in best practices. (see attached proposal). 4. One of the main purposes of the project is to demonstrate a joint partnership of RI, IEF, Rotary India, the Rotary Club of South Delhi, and Dr. Shroff Hospital and to align with the Government of India National Eye Care program, Vision 2020.
The project will initially benefit approximately 2,000 in the first year at each hospital, with a goal of 15,500 at each hospital over a 5-year period (see Project Plan attached). 80% of these patients will receive cataract surgeries and follow-up care. The Karol Bagh Eye Care Center will also offer optometry and eye glasses services. Other patients will be referred to the main hospital (Dr. Schroff's Charity Eye Hospital). Poor patients and at-risk children and adults will receive educational outreach aimed at increasing awareness of eye problems, especially diabetic retinopathy.
On a national level, 1.1% of India's population suffers some form of blindness, including 2.5 million children. Over 80% of these are preventable or treatable with early detection. Karol Bagh and Vasant Kunj are bustling urban centers surrounded by poor neighborhoods. Surveys of these districts found that there are many expensive specialist treatment centers not open to the poor, and hopelessly overcrowded free government hospitals and clinics that consistently fail to meet demand.
The hospitals at Karol Bagh and Vasant Kunj will be extension eye care and surgical centers focusing on diagnostics and cataract surgeries, with specialist services at Dr. Shroff's Charity Hospital main center at Dara Ganj. The cross-subsidies model allows for free services for the poorest patients and subsidized services for patients who can pay a little. The Dr. Shroff's Charity Hospital mandate is to provide 50% free or subsidized care. The project will expand capacity in these urban centers with educational and diagnostic outreach to poor neighborhoods.
The project aligns with the National Blindness Control Programme (NBCP), the goal of which is to reduce the prevalence of blindness from 1.1% to 0.8% and the Vision 2020 project, which aims to eliminate the main causes of avoidable blindness by bringing together governments and NGOs to facilitate planning and implementation of sustainable eye care programs. Surveys of the target areas suggest huge demand for affordable eye care and community mobilization, eye camps for screening and diagnostics, and educational outreach will all respond to established community demand.
1. Outreach activities involving organizing and management of screening for eye problems. 2. On site volunteer activities, including greeting and counseling patients on their eye problems and treatment. 3. Public education and eye health screening activities. 4. Community mobilization to raise awareness of eye problems and other problems, especially diabetes and Eye, Nose and Throat (ENT).
Role of Host Rotarians
1. Outreach activities involving organizing and management of screening for eye problems. 2. On site volunteer activities, including greeting and counseling patients on their eye problems and treatment. 3. Public education and eye health screening activities. 4. Community mobilization to raise awareness of eye problems and other problems, especially diabetes and Eye, Nose and Throat (ENT).
Role of International Rotarians
Mark Harbison of the RC of Kihei-Wailea has been in close touch with Manjit Sawhney, and has assisted in writing the proposals and the Grant application. As a fellow board member of the RAG for Blindness Prevention, Harbison and Mr. Sawhney have been negotiating with the IAPB since the Rotary Convention in Bangkok on establishing eye hospitals on the IAPB model and eventually on establishing a Rotary Eye Bank in Delhi. Harbison is involved in promoting projects to expand eye care in developing countries, publicizing Global Grant activities in the eye care field and promoting MDGs and SDGs related to eye health. For this Grant, Harbison was involved in promoting the Grant to other Rotary Clubs in Distrit 5000 and elsewhere (RC of Calgary, District 2650 in Japan) and will lead the Committee in publicizing the project once approved and implemented.
The Project is being also supported by D3630, 3680 of Korea and US D7490. We need US $10,000 support.
Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.
Project listed for the 2015-16 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #1524827.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Delhi South Metropolitan (3011)
30-Sep-15
$500
$10,000
$10,500
Del Mar (5340)
30-Sep-15
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
Jammu City (3070)
2-Oct-15
$100
$0
$100
Kihei-Wailea, Maui (5000)
3-Nov-15
$5,032
$4,898
$9,930
Honolulu, Oahu (5000)
3-Nov-15
$5,853
$5,853
$11,706
Lahaina Sunrise (5000)
9-Feb-16
$780
$780
$1,560
Upcountry Maui (5000)
9-Feb-16
$100
$0
$100
Wailuku, Maui (5000)
9-Feb-16
$2,314
$2,314
$4,628
South Hilo (5000)
9-Feb-16
$1,075
$1,075
$2,150
Hilo (5000)
9-Feb-16
$3,304
$3,304
$6,608
Kona (5000)
9-Feb-16
$1,018
$1,018
$2,036
Valley Isle Sunset (Kahului), Maui (5000)
9-Feb-16
$404
$404
$808
Hilo Bay (5000)
9-Feb-16
$100
$100
$200
Kona Mauka (5000)
9-Feb-16
$500
$0
$500
Lanai (5000)
9-Feb-16
$100
$0
$100
E-Club of Hawaii (5000)
9-Feb-16
$100
$0
$100
Lahaina Sunset, Maui (5000)
9-Feb-16
$100
$0
$100
District 3680 DDF
26-Feb-16
-
$10,000
$10,000
District 3630 DDF
26-Feb-16
-
$10,000
$10,000
District 7490 DDF
26-Feb-16
-
$5,000
$5,000
District 3590 DDF
26-Feb-16
-
$10,000
$10,000
District 3011 DDF
26-Feb-16
-
$0
$0
Maui (5000)
26-Feb-16
$100
$0
$100
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$13,240
$69,746
$82,985
Additional Contribution (not matched by The Rotary Foundation)
$200,000
Total
$379,211
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
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History Log Entries
30-Sep-15
System Entry
Creation of project page.
30-Sep-15
System Entry
Pledge of $5,000 with $5,000 DDF by Peggy Martin of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, District 5340.
2-Oct-15
System Entry
Pledge of $100 by Prem Shankar Singh of the Rotary Club of Jammu City, District 3070.
3-Nov-15
System Entry
Pledge of $5,143 with $4,898 DDF by Mark A. Harbison of the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea, Maui, District 5000.
3-Nov-15
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
3-Nov-15
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
3-Nov-15
System Entry
Pledge of $5,853 with $5,853 DDF by Paddy Griggs of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, Oahu, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $819 with $780 DDF by Tera Paleka of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $5,143 with $4,898 DDF by Mark Harbison of the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea, Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Zak Pachol of the Rotary Club of Upcountry Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $4,898 with $4,898 DDF by Mark A. Harbison of the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea, Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $2,314 with $2,314 DDF by Hugh Chare of the Rotary Club of Wailuku, Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Valorie Spence of the Rotary Club of Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $1,075 with $1,075 DDF by Kimberly Arakawa of the Rotary Club of South Hilo, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $3,304 with $3,304 DDF by Wallace Wong of the Rotary Club of Hilo, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $1,018 with $1,018 DDF by James Resor of the Rotary Club of Kona, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $404 with $404 DDF by Sara Davis of the Rotary Club of Valley Isle Sunset (Kahului), Maui, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Bettye Williams of the Rotary Club of Hilo Bay, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $500 by Gary Rovelstad of the Rotary Club of Kona Mauka, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Keala Kadooka of the Rotary Club of Lanai, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 by Laine Kohama of the Rotary Club of E-Club of Hawaii, District 5000.
9-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 by Sandra Schneider of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset, Maui, District 5000.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Young-Hwa Son of the Rotary Club of sonyh7@hanmail.net, District 3680.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Won-Pyo Kim of District 3630.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Suraj Bhatia of District 7490.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Haeng-So Kim of District 3590.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $10,000 DDF by Manjit Sawhney of the Rotary Club of Delhi South Metropolitan, District 3011.
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
26-Feb-16
System Entry
Pledge of $100 by Valorie Spence of the Rotary Club of Maui, District 5000.
11-Mar-16
by Marge Cole
Rotary District 5340 Foundation Committee approved the match of $5000. in DDF for funds from the Rotary Club of Del Mar. This action will complete the funding pledges to this grant and it can move forward to The Rotary Foundation for review and approval.
16-Jun-16
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
16-Jun-16
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
2-Sep-16
by Mark Harbison
System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
19-Mar-17
by Mark Harbison
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
2-Jun-17
by Mark Harbison
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
