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Giving Light to the World

CANADIAN EYESIGHT GLOBAL www.CanadianEyesight.org Canada Ph: 604-582-0579 Email: info@CanadianEyesight.org

SUPPORTED BY ROTARY CLUBS OF SURREY, BURNABY, & NEW WESTMINSTER

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

SRI GURU HARGOBIND SAHIB MATA SULAKHANI EYE HOSPITAL SOCIETY

and

NIRMALJOT EYE HOSPITAL

SUPPORTED BY

Rotary clubs of Surrey, Canada and

Amritsar South-East, India.

FREE EYE CAMP & IOL SURGERIES AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA

FEBRUARY 2020

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A hand painting of 30th Anniversary Dinner Gala

18 August 2019

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Sahib

8115, 132 Street, Surrey, B.C. Sunday March 1, 2020

From 1:00 - 4:00 pm

A team of eminent eye surgeon Dr. David Neima, MD, FRCS (C), Ophthal.

and associates will participate.

Supported by Rotary Clubs of Surrey, Burnaby & New

Westminster, B.C. and dedicated volunteers.

Everyone is welcome ❖ Info: 604-582-0579

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(Left) Dr. and Mrs. David Neima, MD, FRCS(C) Ophthal with Rotary International President Mark Maloney. (Right) RI President Mark Maloney presenting Dr. David Neima with an Award for his contribution and dedication to Canadian Eyesight Global, while Anup Singh Jubbal is congratulates him.

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10 FREE EYE CAMPS - 500 IOL SURGERIES IN INDIA

IN HONOUR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

PRESIDENT MARK DANIEL MALONEY

8 EYE CAMPS - 400 IOL SURGERIES IN HARYANA JOINTLY SPONSORED BY

Giving Light to the World

CANADIAN EYESIGHT GLOBAL

www.CanadianEyesight.org Canada Ph: 604-582-0579 Email: info@CanadianEyesight.org

GOLDEN TEMPLE, AMRITSAR

Canadian Eyesight Global Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Rotary Club of Delhi South Metropolitan

District 3011, India

SUPPORTED BY

ROTARY CLUB OF SURREY, DISTRICT 5050 (USA-CANADA) SRI GURU SINGH SABHA, PANCHAYAN, FARIDABAD, HARYANA

With Best Compliments from: Anup Singh Jubbal, MSM, President, CEO, Canadian Eyesight Global Past District Governor Manjit S. Sawhney, District 3011, India Dave and Isabelle Hayer, Co-Presidents, Rotary Club of Surrey District Governor Suresh Bhasin, District 3011, India District Governor Brad Whittaker, District 5050 USA-CANADA Shakuntla Raha, President, Delhi South Metropolitan Rotary District Governor Bala Naidoo, District 5040 CANADA Kavita Vij, Secretary, Delhi South Metropolitan Rotary Sardar Sukhdev Singh, Eye Camps Coordinator, Faridabad Dr. Shamim Ahmed, CEO, CHECC, Nuh, Mewat, Haryana

1 FEBRUARY 2020

AL FALAD MODEL SCHOOL

NUH, MEWAT.

16 FEBRUARY 2020

PANCHAYAT

GHAR VILLAGE

SILKHO, NUH, MEWAT.

29 FEBRUARY 2020

AANGANWADI CENTRE

VILLAGE RAHADI

TAURU, NUH, MEWAT.

15 MARCH 2020

GOVERNMENT HIGH

SCHOOL

VILLAGE PATUKA,

NUH, MEWAT.

28 MARCH 2020

GURUDWARA

JAWAHAR COLONY

FARIDABAD.

11 APRIL 2020

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL,

VILLAGE BHOGIPUR

TAURU, MEWAT

25 APRIL 2020

SGM NAGAR GURUDWARA

FARIDABAD

10 MAY 2020

GOVERNMENT HIGH

SCHOOL ,

VILLAGE PATHREDI

TAURU, MEWAT

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Srinivasan ’Raj’ Rajagopal Raj was born in the south of India. He has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree and Masters in Hydraulic Engineering (India) and a Masters in Mechanics and Hydraulics (USA). He came to Canada in 1973 and now lives in White Rock where he has retired but still provides worldwide assistance in subjects of his expertise.

In Canada, Raj first worked for Acres International Limited (Niagara Falls) and while on assignment in Ghana, he met his wife who was from Toronto. Raj has extensive experience at senior levels in the World Bank, United Nations Specialized Agencies, and private sector on irrigated agriculture, hydropower development and integrated water resources management and on development aspects around the world. His experience includes working on sustainable large-scale water resources development and management projects in many countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.

Raj is a Director of the Sources Foundation in White Rock which operates a centre to meet the needs of the community and is a Director of New Bridge Academy; helping to build bridges between the incoming immigrant community and area residents.

Raj joined the Rotary of Club of White Rock in 2014 5 under the classification of International Water Resources Development and Management and was Club President in 2016-17. He has chaired and was a member of several club committees and currently, chairs the club’s International Services and Special Projects Fundraising Committee. He has served the District as the Chair of International Services Project Committee for the past 3 years.

Raj is a multiple Paul Harris fellow and chair of the Canada-Tunisia Inter Country Cultural Committee of the Rotary International. He is also a member of three Rotary Action Groups: Water and Sanitation, Environmental Sustainability, and Honouring Indigenous People as well as a member of the Whisky Dram Rotary Fellowship Group. Raj has attended four Rotary International Conventions.

Raj enjoys an occasional game of tennis. He also enjoys trekking and general hiking. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in the 1980s and trekked up to the Base Camp of Mount Everest eight years ago.

Raj expects to scale the peaks of Rotary as your District Governor. His focus areas would be Water and Sanitation, Basic Education and Literacy (especially financial literacy of students graduating from High School) and Community Economic Development. He strongly believes quality and impact of our projects are fundamental in attracting and retaining members, particularly younger members. Raj looks forward to substantive consultations with the clubs in his preparatory years in setting up the agenda for his year as District Governor.

ROTARY DISTRICT 5050 NEWS

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10 FREE EYE CAMPS 500 IOL SURGERIES

IN INDIA

In honor of Rotary International President

MARK DANIEL MALONEY

Canadian Eyesight Global Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Rotary Club of Delhi South Metropolitan

District 3011, India

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

AL FALAD MODEL SCHOOL

Nuh, Mewat. Haryana

MARCH 15, 2020

GURUDWARA SAHIB,

Karol Bagh Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi

MARCH 3, 2020

COMMUNITY CENTRE,

Regarpura, Karol Bagh, New Delhi

SUPPORTED BY

ROTARY CLUB OF SURREY,

DISTRICT 5050 (USA-CANADA)

SRI GURU SINGH SABHA,

Panchayan, Faridabad, Haryana

ROTARY-DR.SHROFF CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL

CITY HOSPITAL AND EYE CARE CENTER,

Nuh, Mewat, Haryana.

Let us embrace both challenges & change:

Maloney

RASHEEDA BHAGAT December 2019

At the inaugural session of the Indore Institute RI President Mark Maloney made it evident that when he keeps reiterating his theme ‘Rotary connects the world’ or “growing Rotary”, these are not just “slogans” for him. “Growing Rotary is not just a one-year effort but there is so much we can accomplish if we start working now. When I say Rotary connects the world… it does so by investing in relationships, knowing how to mobilise our networks to create solutions that last, and we are always learning from our experiences in our projects and our clubs.”

Over a century ago Rotary had “pioneered a new model of service leadership grounded in person-to-person connections. Today those connections are a network that spans the globe, bridging cultural, linguistic, generational and geographic borders; and collectively all this has created a vision of a better world.”

Calling upon Rotarians to “engage in deep and meaningful ways across our differences,” the RI President said the wonder of Rotary was connecting the world and its people who we would never otherwise have met and “who are more like us than we would have ever imagined. It connects us to our communities, professional opportunities and to the people who need our help. When you combine this network with the energy and commitment of Rotarians, the results are almost magical. We are people of action, and we have the ability to change the world because of who we are and what Rotary allows us to do.”

But fulfilling any vision requires a plan built on a foundation of

Rotary connections. “And this year we are rolling out a new action plan which over the next five years will expand our reach, enhance our impact and increase our participation and engagement and increase our ability to adapt. This plan not only brings to life how Rotary connects the world, but is also clear-eyed about the challenges that Rotary faces and is rooted in our historical values of fellowship, integrity, diversity, service and leadership,” he added.

This new action plan also recognises the value of human connections in a time “when technology can make it actually harder to connect. The plan draws on the remarkable capabilities of Rotarians as professionals and respects that younger generations have different ideas about how to spend their time, who they spend it with and what motivates them.”

Rotarians’ ability to make a larger impact is hinged upon more people joining hands with them. Maloney said that by making Rotary larger and more diverse “we tell a wider and more emphatic story and give people hope that the world can change for better. This will create a continuous cycle where more and more people will want to be a part of our amazing success and share our vision.” More members would not only mean more hands doing service projects but also “more brains solving problems.”

Bringing in more members to replace those who leave is like pouring more water into a bucket with holes. We need to address the root cause — member engagement.

- Maloney

“

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PolioPlus award for PRIP Saboo Past RI President Rajendra K Saboo was conferred the PolioPlus Pioneer Award, which was originally established in 1996 to recognise Rotarians who had rendered “outstanding personal service to PolioPlus prior to November 1992”. The award was discontinued in June 1999, but has now been reinstated by TRF Trustees as the goal of a polio-free world draws near, to recog-nise those Rotarians who deserved it but did not receive it between 1996–1999.

The citation said: “A number of Rotarians have contributed significantly to the tre-mendous progress so far achieved in the global effort to eradicate polio. The tireless efforts of these Rotarians on behalf of the PolioPlus Programme are worthy of great praise and recognition.”

Accepting the award, a deeply moved PRIP Saboo said in a choked voice that he “was extremely and truly humbled to get this honour. Part of this journey started in 1981 when I was on the Board of Directors when RI undertook the task to immunise the chil-dren of the world. And Polio 2005 was born. Since then, the journey has been continuing and we’re almost there.”

Fighting back tears, he hoped that “by God’s grace” he would be there when every Rotar-ian’s dream of a totally Polio-free world was realised. “Till then Usha and I hope to con-

tinue to serve Rotary and our community…”

Unable to proceed further, as he handed back the mike, PRIP K R Ravindran thrust it in Usha Saboo’s hand, urging her to say a few words. Her response: “This is an impo-sition… when the man who worked for it (award) doesn’t have the words, how do you expect me to find the words to express any-thing? Let me just say that whatever Raja has been able to do, it has been with god’s grace and he was not alone in this work. He

was assisted by all of you and many more who are not present here today. Actually, all of you deserve this award!”

Welcoming the gathering, Chairman of the Institute PDG ISAK Nazar and EMGA Sam Patibandla said the Institute Committee had worked very hard to bring together over 800 delegates from 10 different countries to Chennai and make the Institute with the theme Passion to Serve a really memorable and meaningful one.

PRIP Rajendra K Saboo and Usha being honoured with the PolioPlus Pioneer Award in the presence of (from L) RID C Basker, PRIP K R Ravindran, RI President Barry Rassin, Esther, TRF Trustees Mike Webb and Gulam Vahanvaty, and INPPC Chairman Deepak Kapur. November, 2018

Past Rotary International President Rajendra K. Saboo is a Honorary Director of Canadian Eyesight Global.

Rotary and the Gates Foundation extend funding match for Polio Eradication By Rotary International

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced on 22 January that their long-term fundraising partnership, which generates up to $150 million annually for polio eradication, will continue. Under the agreement, Rotary is committed to raising $50 million a year over the next three years, and each dollar will be matched with an additional two dollars by the Gates Foundation.

In a video address at the 2020 Rotary International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA, Bill Gates told incoming district governors that the partnership with Rotary needs to continue.

“The Gates Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Rotary has been vital to fighting polio,” Gates said.

“That’s why we’re extending our funding match, so every dollar that Rotary raises is met with two more.”

He added,

“I believe that TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE ERADICATION A REALITY.”

The funding will support polio eradication efforts such as disease surveillance, technical assistance, and operational support for immunization activities.

The partnership between Rotary and the Gates Foundation has yielded $2 billion, and Rotarians have given countless volunteer hours to fight polio since Rotary started its PolioPlus program in 1985.

Anyone can be a part of the fight to end polio and have your donation matched 2-to-1 by

the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Visit endpolio.org to learn more and donate.

Watch Gates talk about the extended funding match.

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Giving Light to the World

CANADIAN EYESIGHT GLOBAL

CONTACT ANUP SINGH JUBBAL

Phone: 604-582-0579

Email: info@CanadianEyesight.org

Website: www.CanadianEyesight.org

Supported by

ROTARY CLUBS OF

SURREY

BURNABY

NEW WESTMINSTER

ABOUT US Canadian Eyesight Global (formerly Project Eyesight-India since 1989) is a registered Canadian charitable organization comprised of surgeons, doctors, business leaders and numerous volunteers concerned with global blindness.

It is made up of individual Canadians concerned about other people – those in India and such developing nations who are especially vulnerable to blindness as well as those who have already lost their eyesight. In these nations, there are many health and social issues that require attention. Because blindness is caused by many problems, including lack of adequate nutrition, sanitation and trauma, we have the opportunity to bring health in many different forms.

OUR OBJECTIVE Canadian Eyesight Global strives to help those who are unable to help themselves and to give people who are blind or visually impaired real support. For over 29 years, we have been helping our community with our partner

doctors in India and other developing countries to enhance the facilities and treatment programs, with outstanding results.

OUR VISION Our Vision is to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020 and to ensure the best possible vision for all people. Canadian Eyesight Global organization is working to remove blindness that is a major health issue among the young, the underprivileged, the aged. Visual impairment in some instances can lead to death. The problem is growing day by day. Every second, one person in the world goes blind. A child goes blind every minute. Yet for three out of four of these people, blindness was completely preventable.

Global trends show millions of people going blind each year. Eighty percent of the worlds blindness is preventable by means of nutrition, sanitation, antibiotics or surgery. Canadian Eyesight’s view is to work toward the elimination of the preventable causes of blindness. Working with other health organizations and various levels of government, we believe this goal is achievable.

Anup Singh Jubbal’s philosophy on how to live life is simple yet profound.

“God has given us 24 hours in a day,” he says.

“For eight hours, we should work, for eight hours we

should do some nice things and for eight hours we

should sleep.”

Thanks to Jubbal’s commitment to doing “nice things,” tens of thousands of people in India have

had their eyesight restored.

Ever since Jubbal moved from India to Canada in 1968, he had hoped to find a way to improve the lives of the under-privileged people of his birth country.

“I thought that some day, if I could help the needy, the poor, the downtrodden, I

would do it.”

And that is what he did in 1989, which marked the birth of Project Eyesight India and the now Canadian Eyesight Global.

WE HELP THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD Canadian Eyesight Global provides free eye check ups to those who do not have access to eye care or cannot afford it.