Every 20 Seconds, one person goes blind in India and a Child goes blind every minute. Drashti netralaya started working with the dream of blindness free zone with quality concern and single standard of care for all whether the person is rich or poor. It works in spirit of collabration with local communites, 69 % of which is tribal. It gives free of cost services to poor tribal patients. The treatment includes free of cost examination, treatment and surgery, glasses, medicines, transport, food, toys and ancillary services. Its a ray of hope in the economically backward interior areas of the world.. Areas of Working As Shown in map below, Drashti Netralaya is located at the junction of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Bhil tribe is dominant tribe here. It falls under second largest tribal belt of India. Residence: People over here reside in villages with falia system. Each falia are consisting of 2-4 cottages. Games: Children play with very sharp objects like arrows… Food: They eat food which contains mainly maize without any oil incorporation in food. Transport: Proper transport facilities are not available. Work: They do labor job mainly, along with monsoon dependent agriculture work. During the time they migrate for the labor job.
Name of Organization:Opthalmic Mission Trust Address:Chakalia Road, Dahod – 389151 Gujarat, India Phones:91-2673-251100, 645364, 223756 Fax:91-2673-221232, 246953 e-mails: omtrustdahod@gmail.com,omtrust@rediffmail.com Type of Organization:PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST Date of Non-Formal Starting:29/03/1992 Date of Registration:03/06/1999 Registration Number:E/2976/PANCHMAHAL(E/1232/DAHOD) FCRA Number:042010004 Date of Registration as Govt. Base Hospital:05/11/2001 12 A Registration:BRD/Exemption/110-01-0/99-2000 80 G Registration:BRD/CIT-III/104-0/2002-20012
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