G-795

Save Sight, Save Life

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Project Description

Region: Asia

Country: India

Location: Purulia

Total Budget: $45,081

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment



The purpose is to cure blindness due to Cataract. India is now home to the world's largest number of blind people. Of the 37 million people across the globe who are blind, over 15 million are from India. 75% of these are cases of avoidable blindness. Eastern India accounts for about 2 million victims of blindness. However about 1.7 million sightless people can be cured by surgery. This project is one small step towards serving this need of the community. Rotarians with active participation of Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre and Rotary Lalpur Eye Hospital, managed by Rotary Club of Purulia, will organize Eye Check up camps and successfully conducted 2500 IOL operations. The average cost IOL operation per candidate is Rs. 900/- including the following:

* Rural Eye screening camp is to be organized by the help of Rotarians.

* Screen over 25000 people at Eye Camps and identify at least 2500 eligible patients for IOL surgeries.

* To and fro transportation of the patients.

* Fooding, lodging & IOL implantation to selected patients.

* Providing dark glasses & eye guard.

* Providing Medicines to the operated patients.

Beside this educational program will be organized on the day of camp. Para- medics will help to screen patients, educate the people on Hygiene and ways of keeping healthy eyes. These Eye Check-up camps are generally organized with the help of local administration, panchayats, Clubs, Societies, schools etc. Camp team will screen the patients and select

operable patients who will be taken to the base hospitals for surgery.

Primary Host Partner

District: 3291

Rotary Club of: Purulia

Primary Contact: Ajit Kumar Sarawgi

Email: rtnajitprl@yahoo.co.in

Primary International Partner

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Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Purulia (3291)

16-Jul-14

$6,025

$6,000

$12,025

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$14,696

-

$14,696

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$10,360

$6,000

$16,360

Additional Contribution (not matched by The Rotary Foundation)

$2,000

Total

$45,081

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

16-Jul-14

System Entry

Creation of project page.

2-Sep-16

System Entry

System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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