News & Updates
A group of over 50 enthusiasts participated in the Dream Run race category of the latest edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon held on the 20th of January 2019. The participation was a joint effort of Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust and Rotary Club of Bombay Worli to spread awareness of our Project Dependence to Independence – Make Mumbai Disability Free initiative.
The highlight of the event was the active participation of three of Ratna Nidhi’s Jaipur Foot beneficiaries namely Mr. Raju Kare (35 yrs), Mr. Suresh Waghela (24 yrs) and Mr. Raj Sudlai (22 yrs).
They supported Ratna Nidhi’s Make Mumbai Disability Free Initiative and were able to walk the entire distance of the dream run (6 kms) with ease because of the comfortable Jaipur Foot they were wearing which was provided to them for free by Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust.
Ratna Nidhi donated books to Rotaract Club of Ashoka University.
Below is the acknowledge email from them.
Mobility camp at Gandevi was organised on 6th and 7th January 2019.
Calipers - 30
Jaipur Foot - 38
Crutches - 09
Wheelchairs - 06
Hand - 04
Total 87 disabled patients are now walking with pride and self confidence.
Our new initiative of having a qualified physiotherapist accompany us to the said camp has served positive results. All needy, disabled patients are given physiotherapy treatment and are taught exercises which they can practice at home, anytime.
Successfully conducted a Screening camp for disabled people in the Vapi district, in the Talukas of Umargaon, Nanapaudha and Valsad. Our team of Prosthetic engineers and technicians took the measurements of 875 patients for a Jaipur foot, Polio Callipers and a Prosthetic Hand.
We will have distribution camp in March 2019 in Vapi.
In the ninth camp of Vision 10000, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust in association with Essilor Vision Foundation & Titan Eye Plus organized a FREE Eye Camp to screen 112 BMC workers of the conservation department. The camp was conducted on the 2nd of January 2019 at the BMC office in D Ward.
At the camp, requisite measurements of the students' eyes and screening for cataract were done by an optometrist from Titan Eye Plus.
Fine quality lenses, provided by Essilor Vision Foundation, will be fitted into spectacles and the ready spectacles will be distributed for free to all the BMC workers prescribed by the optometrist within 4 weeks of the screening camp. The BMC workers will also be provided with FREE cataract surgery by Vision Foundation of India, Babulnath.
Summary of the camp:
Total number of screenings - 112
Prescribed glasses - 102
Cataract - Nil
No spectacles needed - 10
Our trustee Mr. Rajiv Mehta has been appointed in the Mentor's Committee of Light of Life Trust for the year 2018-19.
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Mumbai, India
