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Imagine if you see the world somewhat like this -blurred, hazy outlines, contrasting light & darkness

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Towards the Light

A Journey to Restore Sight, Independence & Dignity

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There are an estimated 285mn people worldwide who are visually impaired.

22% of them are in India.80% of blindness is avoidable The main causes of blindness are: - Cataract 62.6%- Refractive errors 19.7%- Glaucoma 5.8% - Posterior segment disorder 4.7% - Others 7.19%(Source: WHO: Global Data on Visual Impairments 2010 & NPCB)

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(Source: WHO: Global Data on Visual Impairments 2010)Older people are most affected with eye care problems, making it tougher for them to get through routine tasks each day.- 65% of people who are visually impaired and - 82% of those who are blind

Are 50 years or older (globally).

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Mission for Vision (MFV) was started in 2000 with the belief that eradicating avoidable blindness enhances productivity. Higher productivity = social and economic equality.

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MissionTo establish in partnership, a hospital in every state of India providing free, high quality eye care to the poor.VisionTo restore the gift of vision to every visually impaired human being irrespective of nationality, religion or socio-economic status.

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Philosophy

Caring capitalists have a responsibility beyond ourselves, to care for the social and environmental surroundings of the business. If the surrounding community is happy, healthy and secure, one is assured of a better tomorrow.

Jagdish M. Chanrai, Founder, MFV

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MFV today partners with 21 centres across14 states in India. Map of India is only for representative purposes. Not to scale.

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MFVs 21 partner centresBansara Eye Care Institution, Shillong

Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, Meerut

L V Prasad Eye Institute, Rayagada

NAB (India), Mumbai

Nirmal Ashram Eye Institute, Rishikesh

Ramkrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar

Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand, Bengaluru, Guntur, Ludhiana

Sankara Eye Centre, CoimbatoreSankara Eye Hospital Jaslok Chanrai Community Eye Care Centre, Kanpur

Sankara Rural Eye Hospital, Krishnankoil

Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal

Sankara Eye Hospital, Shimoga

Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati

Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata

Shri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya, Tirupati

Synod Hospital, Aizawl

Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital, Nashik

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MFV provides both financial and technical support to its partners to offer high quality eye care to the poor and thus, tackle avoidable blindness.

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MFV and its partners work together

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Strategically planning for interventions for best possible impact in communities and ensuring high quality eye care is provided within INR 3000 (USD 50).

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Creating awareness and mobilising the community.

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Organising outreach camps that help identify patients in need of preventive eye treatments including surgery.

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Providing patients transportation to travel to the base hospital for their treatments.

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Ensuring a comprehensive ophthalmic examination & a basic health check-up is done at the base hospital.

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Skilled ophthalmologists and eye surgeons treat the patients with the latest equipment and technology, providing high quality of eye care.

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Assessing impactA core part of MFVs work on the ground

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MFV directly conducts follow-up checks on select patients after they have undergone surgery.

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Home visits are conducted on 10% of the patients after a 6-month gap, post-surgery, to gauge the impact of treatment.

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As a result of this unique follow-up system at MFV, we have:

67% of them going back to work allowing them to earn their livelihood.91% of the patients gaining good visual acuity (WHO guidelines state: 80% of the patients should fall under good category with available correction and 90% of the patients should fall under good category with best correction.)

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The home visits also help MFV monitor the care taken at the patients home post his/ her surgery ensuring complete recovery.

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MFV's partners in India screen the eyes ofover 700,000people, and perform over 180,000 free eye surgeries annually.

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In the last 6 years,MFV hasenabled the gift of sight to over1,000,000people, thereby restoring their independence and dignity.

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The entire journey a patient undertakes from detection of their eye problem at the campsite to their travel back home, post surgery is free of cost to the patient.

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At the end of the journey, our patients regain good vision. They are able to return to work, to see properly and most important to them - regain their dignity and independence.

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In the words of Raghunath Powale, a sprightly 85-year-old, I can't express my gratitude for being able to see again. Now, I don't have to depend on anyone. I manage to do all my work on my own.

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MFV's Inspirations

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I like to play sports at school, says 11-year-old Ganesh.

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Ganesh studies in the 6th grade in a hostel for rural students. He is 11 years old. A few months ago he developed a fever and was brought home.

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Ganesh's parents took him to a doctor who diagnosed cataracts in both his eyes. Through an MFV supported camp, Ganesh reached Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital where he recently underwent surgery in one eye.

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Within a month, he will have undergone surgery in his other eye too. With his sight restored, Ganesh will be back in school in no time. In Pics: Ganesh at his first follow-up check post surgery at the campsite nearest to his home.

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If I hadn't got my sight back, how would I have earned a living? I was very worried, said Subhash Deshmukh

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68-year-old Subhash Deshmukh lives by himself in a rented 10x10 feet room in Sinnar town, Nashik. He works in a general goods store as a daily wage worker earning barely enough for his needs.

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When cataracts developed in Subhash's eyes he was very worried as deteriorating vision meant he wouldnt be able to earn a living or take care of himself.

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Subhash attended a MFV supported outreach camp and underwent surgery at Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital. The blurry vision became a thing of the past.In Pics: With restored eyesight he is back at work & is happy to have regained his independence.

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I can't see clearly, it's all a bit hazy, complained Shantabai to the social worker at the eye care camp.

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Shantabai Bhalerao, an elderly lady was diagnosed with cataract in her left eye at a MFV supported camp in Aurangabad district.

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Soon, Shantabai successfully underwent sight restoring surgery at Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital.

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She is well on the road to recovery now.

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Restoring SightRestoring DignityProviding communities with quality eye careRenewing HopeMission for Vision

Strengthening health systemsSupporting inclusive education

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Arjun WaneyChandru KewalramaniDasi BudhraniJaslok Hospital and Research CentreKewalram Chanrai GroupM B ChanraiSunder ChanraiMastekN P KripalaniSightsaversTulsi TrustWe would not have been able to reach this far without the unstinted support of: Thank You

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To support Mission for Vision contact:/mfv.org

+ 91 22 22824967

/mfv_org

www.missionforvision.org.in

info@mfvindia.orgmusic: www.purple-planet.com

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