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In the eleventh camp of Vision 10000, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust in association with Essilor Vision Foundation & Titan Eye Plus organized a FREE Eye Camp to screen 196 Students of Suyash Vidyalay. The camp was conducted on 30th of January 2019 at Suyash Vidyalay in Ghatkopar.

At the camp, requisite measurements of the students' eyes were taken 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 school students prescribed by the optometrist within 4 weeks of the screening camp.

Summary of the camp:

Total number of screenings - 196

Prescribed glasses - 30

Doctors recommended - 2

No spectacles needed - 164

In the tenth camp of Vision 10000, Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust in association with Essilor Vision Foundation & Titan Eye Plus organized a FREE Eye Camp to screen 535 Students of Chikitsak Samuh Shirodkar Vidyalaya. The camp was conducted on 28th,29th & 30th of January 2019 at the school.

At the camp, requisite measurements of the students’ eyes were taken and their eyes were also screened for the detection of other eye ailments. This was done by doctors from the Lotus College of Optometry, Lotus Eye Hospital.

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 school students prescribed by the optometrist within 4 weeks of the screening camp.

Summary of the camp:

Total number of screenings - 535

Prescribed glasses - 64

Doctors recommended - 27

No spectacles needed - 444

Distribution of 76 Mobility Aids to disabled people to make them walk again. This was done with Rotary Club of Khadki, Dist 3131 in Pune.

21 Polio Calipers

23 Crutches

21 Jaipur Foot &

11 Wheel chairs

We have been doing mobility camps with them since past 4 years.

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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.

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.