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Impact
Jani gets her sight back with a little help!
Jani Shankar Phadwade is a 67-year-old woman. She lives in a village in Jawhar Taluka in Palghar district. This is a tribal belt about 100 km from Mumbai.
Jani used to work as a manual laborer in the fields to earn a living. At an age where this was hard enough, her situation became worse when her vision started failing. She was in utter despair as she thought that she was going blind and would lose her means of livelihood.
She attended the screening camp organized at her village by HelpAge with the help of Bhakti Vedanta Hospital. It was then, that she learnt that she had a cataract in her left eye. However, she knew that she did not have the money for an operation and the hospital expenses. She felt completely hopeless.
She was thrilled to find out that the surgery would be free. She was happy that for once, she was getting the care she deserved. She was treated free of cost under HelpAge's Restoration of Vision program for destitute elders.
Her operation was soon done was successfully. Now, she can see clearly, something which she had totally given up hope on.
Today Jani's eyes twinkle as she gives her famous toothless smile. With her sight restored, she feels independent and spends most of her days looking after her home.
Your help can make this surgery possible for poor elderly people like Jani. You can donate to cover part of the surgery expenses and help HelpAge provide surgery services to many more needy elders. You can give with confidence because every program listed is GIVEASSURED.
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About The Program
What the beneficiary gets
Surgery
Nutrition
Healthcare
Program Description
HelpAge conducts cataract eye surgeries in 21 states. Credible and competent eye hospitals and organizations carry out surgeries with HelpAge India's support. All surgeries under the program are performed only in base hospitals.
Cataract is one of the major causes of blindness in India. Close to 12 million elders in India suffer from cataract affected blindness and cannot afford treatment.
HelpAge enters into agreements with identified hospitals after a thorough due diligence of infrastructure and implementation capability of the institution. The hospitals are provided a grant for a specified period of time during which a pre-agreed number of cataract surgeries are to be conducted.
HelpAge has offices in all large states of the country and has the regional implementation teams actively monitoring and tracking the implementation of the cataract project round the year. They also conduct audits of the partners' accounts to ensure that funds are utilized as agreed.
At the hospital, there are regular screening camps conducted to identify patients with cataract who are then transported to the hospitals for surgery and taken back to their hometowns two days later with necessary post-operative medication.
HelpAge receives regular reports with details of each individual patient from the hospital which can be then independently verified.
Since 1980, this program has benefitted more than 9 lakh elders, not just restoring their sight but enabling them to go back to work and live a life of dignity.
HelpAge, through this program, conducts more than 45,000 cataract eye surgeries annually. This year HelpAge is looking to conduct close to 60000 cataract surgeries across the country.
Each monthly donation you make will be utilized towards part cost of conducting one cataract surgery in the most underserved part of the country where accessibility to health facilities is low.
About The NGO
HelpAge India
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