Vision for Poor

Report by Project Chairman - Rtn. H. Venkatesh

The Vision for Poor project conceived by RCCK with the intention of providing quality vision to the poor and needy in association with the world famous Sankara Nethralaya(SN) (http://www.sankaranethralaya.org) has achieved its immediate objective of performing cataract surgeries on 50 patients from poor and rural background.

The cheque for Rs one lakh fifty thousand towards performing 50 cataract surgeries were handed over to SN on 5th March 2010 and we have been informed that the surgeries for 50 beneficiaries have been conducted successfully. The surgeries were carried out through various camps in villages surrounding Chennai.

Sankara Nethralaya informs us that the poor patients were literally dancing with joy as their vision was restored which in turn has given them a new lease of Life!
The beneficiaries who were groping in the dark in utter desperation and dejection due to their dwindling vision due to obfuscation caused by the cataract, have now been provided a new Life of hope,happiness and optimism.

Dr Tarun of SN says the beneficiaries would have excellent vision through out their lives and can now move about freely without any aid or help thus leading a normal life!

Had RCCK not stepped in, these 50 poor patients would have gradually lost vision leading to total blindness. RCCK's support has successfully brought them back to Life.

Another small step in our efforts to serve the people from the lower echelons of society!!

We are confident of continuing this project in the coming years, maybe in a larger scale.