Eye Health Initiative

In September 2018, Jiv Daya Foundation added the India Eye Health Initiative as the second leg to our disability assistance program. Although this is JDF’s newest program, this initiative has the potential to impact children at a larger scale than any of our projects. It is estimated that there are 1.4 million blind children worldwide and that 75% of these children live in Asia and Africa. Additionally, refractive error is the leading cause of preventable blindness. JDF aims to provide free of cost spectacles to school-aged children and adults coming from lower socio-economic backgrounds, who cannot afford to purchase spectacles. JDF intends to focus the majority of its efforts on schoolchildren because this relatively small investment in a pair of glasses can spur dramatic improvements in educational outcomes, ultimately affording higher levels of education attainment and downstream economic benefits. For adults, we will assist a wide variety of patients - those who are visiting vision centers and camps with uncorrected refractive errors; post-operated patients (after cataract surgery); and patients with presbyopia.

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We pursue our mission by partnering with high volume government medical colleges to provide free of cost, high quality, standardized frames and lenses for children and adults with refractory errors. To ensure the sustainability of this project, we follow up with patients to ensure the quality of their spectacles and and provide support as needed after spectacles have been dispensed.

INRA-OCULAR LENS ASSIATANCE

JDF Supports for

Pre-Approval Form for Pediatric IOL Support

Post-Approval Form for Pediatric IOL Support

Currently, our eye health services are rendered at the following locations:

  1. Alakh Nayan Mandir Eye Institute, Udaipur

  2. C. L. Gupta Eye Hospital , Muradabad

  3. Dr. Shroffs Charity Eye Hospital , Delhi

  4. Guru Nanak Eye Hospital (GNEC), Delhi

  5. H. V. Desai Eye Hospital , Pune

  6. LV Prasad Eye Institute , Bhubaneswar

  7. MGM Eye Institute Raipur

  8. Minto Eye Hospital, Bangalore

  9. Nayonika Bangalore

  10. PGIMER Chandigarh

  11. PVRI Hyderabad

  12. Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot

  13. Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Hyderabad

  14. Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital Trust, Bhopal

  15. Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital , Siliguri

  16. Sitapur Eye Hospital , Sitapur

  17. SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur

  18. Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati

Guru Nanak Eye Center, New Delhi

Guru Nanak Eye Center, New Delhi

Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi

Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi

Our initiative also support eye health camps at government schools. If you have an interest in rendering our services for an eye health program in your area, please inquire through our contact form.