Project Description Region: South-East Asia Country: India Location: Mumbai Total Budget: $54,476 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development We would like to attract further funding to increase the number of surgeries undertaken. So please step forward with any amount you wish to pledge. This is the 8th project in the Make Blindness History programme. It has been allocated TRF Ref GG1412455. The objective of this project is threefold: 1. To conduct free eye examinations for some 4,000 children 2. Perform 1,242 free cataract surgeries to the needy 3. Provide essential diagnostic eye-care equipment to the Rotary Medical Centre run by host Rotary Club. WHO regard eye-care, and the restoration of sight as one of the most cost and socially effective health interventions. It places an economic value of over $1,200 p.a. for each sight restored. The project supports WHA, IAPB RAGBP and Vision 2020 programmes by helping to eradicate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, It addresses our collective ambition to help 'make blindness history'. It supports the Goals outlined by Vision 2020 (India). India has the second highest percentage of blind people, after Africa in the world. D3140, located in the NW of Mumbai is densely populated containing some 2.5m inhabitants. In 2004 the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai conducted a baseline survey covering 12,479 households in the tribal blocks of Thane district: It found that 28.4% of the population had a vision disability. Without early intervention, it is estimated that some 27,000 persons will go blind in the District each year. The project focuses on those with insufficient income to fund health care for themselves and /or their dependants. It aims to identify potential eye problems early in the life of the young, fund cataract surgeries for those in need, and provide much needed diagnostic equipment to assist those that follow on from the project duration. The project is scheduled to progress from November 2013 to July 2014 but may be extended if Clubs and District wish to add further cataract surgeries to the existing project at $34 per surgery. Primary Host Partner District: 3140 Rotary Club of: Mumbai Borivali East Primary Contact: Girish Mittal Email: rtng.mittal@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 1260 Rotary Club of: Stevenage Grange Primary Contact: Stephen Sypula Email: stephen@sgrc.org.uk Project Status 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 2013-14 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #17960.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Mumbai Borivali East (3140) 2-Sep-13 $1,000 $10,500 $11,500 Stevenage Grange (1260) 3-Sep-13 $3,870 $7,960 $11,830 Stevenage Grange (1260) 3-Sep-13 $2,000 $0 $2,000 Karachi Sharqi (3271) 24-Sep-13 $500 $0 $500 Karachi South (3271) 24-Sep-13 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Arlington (Sunrise) (5790) 1-Nov-13 $3,334 $0 $3,334 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $5,852 $18,460 $24,312 Total $54,476

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History Log Entries 2-Sep-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 3-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,885 by Stephen Sypula of the Rotary Club of Stevenage Grange, District 1260. 3-Sep-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 3-Sep-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 3-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $2,000 by Stephen Sypula of the Rotary Club of Stevenage Grange, District 1260. 24-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $500 by Syed Shakeel Ahmad of the Rotary Club of Karachi Sharqi, District 3271. 24-Sep-13 System Entry Pledge of $1,000 by S.Qamar Badruddin of the Rotary Club of Karachi South, District 3271. 24-Sep-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 24-Sep-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 1-Nov-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,334 by Christopher J McLucas of the Rotary Club of Arlington (Sunrise), District 5790. 1-Nov-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 16-Feb-14 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 3-Apr-14 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 2-Jul-14 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 3-Apr-15 by Girish Mittal The project is on full swing. 16-Oct-15 by Stephen Sypula The project is ongoing. An interim report was submitted to TRF in May 2015. 2-May-16 by Girish Mittal The project is progressing well. An interim report for the period ending 30th April, 2016 will be submitted to TRF shortly. Thank you all for the support for the community. 16-Nov-16 by Stephen Sypula The interim annual report demonstrated more had been achieved within the approved budget to date. It was submitted and approved by TRF. Subsequently, approval has been given by TRF to utilise surplus funds to purchase eye-care equipment. More anon. 2-Jul-17 by Stephen Sypula In the process of completing the final report 16-Jan-18 by Girish Mittal Project Completed and Report Submitted and accepted by The Rotary Foundation. 16-Aug-18 by Stephen Sypula As earlier reported by Girish the Project has been completed. The final report was accepted by TRF earlier this year. Our thanks to all that supported and assisted making blindness history for so many 16-Aug-18 by Stephen Sypula System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 16-Aug-18 by Stephen Sypula System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.