March 2010- Visitors to MEC

Special Camp was conducted for Rehablitants of 26th July 2006 Mumbai floods on 31st March 2010 near BKC Road, Motilal Nagar, Bandra. We thank Teachers, Staff and Students of Dhirubhai Ambani School for their support in organising this camp and also for conducting pre screennig evaluation with help of our Community health worker. Special acknowledgements to Ambani School for sponsoring Free catarct Surgeries and glasses for the deprived rehabilitants.


Mr. Joseph the Country Director from Zambia commented, "The lesson is having a screening team with apppointed health workers and working referral system with refractions and glasses onsite was very good.I will definately take good lessons home. I aapreciate"


On 27th March ,  Sightsavers representatives from various countries ( who were in the town to attend the Sightsavers Programme Meet) had visited St. Anthony's Church, one of the vision center at Dharavi. They saw the vision centre operational and interacted with the Community Health workers, Camp Supervisor and Optometrists about their role in this campaign. They also appreciated the way of creating awareness within the community with help of street play conducted by Aqua Group and leaflet distribution.

"Everyone we met was the advocate for the Vision Centres and the work of the health workers. Thanks for giving insight into the project." says Diana Washer Programe Operations Support Manager Sightsavers UK
" It was fantastic to see the vision centres doing so well with lots of patients recieving high quality services. The street play was great to watch and its good to watch the team and community so enthusiastic" says Claire Stevens, Research and Learning Officer Sightsavers UK.

 Mr Sunil Fernandes Country Director Sri Lanka who also implement a Seeing is Believing Programme says " The large number of women at the eye camp shows the interaction of the team at the grass root level. Iam taking back a lot of learning from the project."

"Particularly pleased to see how well the health workers are accepted in the community and through them the promotion of eye screening and therefore good health! Mumbai Sees,India Succeeds-Perfect!" says Jennifer Rule Government Relations Sightsavers UK.