Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute

Give the Gift of Sight
RIEB observed the 24 th National Eye Donation
fortnight (August 25 – September 8, 2009)
with a multi-pronged public awareness drive.
Information kiosks were set up at the Institute
and at the city’s multispecialty hospitals, where
trained grief counselors distributed pledge forms
and pamphlets. Slides on eye donation were
shown at the city’s cinema halls.
In Bhubaneswar the staff of drushti daan eye bank
gave a talk to the students and faculty of Xavier’s
Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. Two eye
screening camps were conducted in association
with the Lions Club and Indian Oil Corporation
at Cuttack and Sisupalgarh. Children from 15
schools participated in an inter-school painting
competition. Though the eye donation theme
was a challenge, the children expressed their
thoughts in wonderfully original ways through
their paintings (pictures below).
A woman signs an eye donation pledge
A workshop on ‘Networking between collection centres, eye banks and Government’ was also
organized by drushti daan and the State Ophthalmic Cell, Government of Orissa. The participants
included heads of ophthalmology from medical colleges, District Program Managers of the District
Blindness Control Society, senior ophthalmologists from district hospitals, representatives of eye
banks and NGOs working in the field of eye care.
In Visakhapatnam, Mohsin Eye Bank planned a range of eye donation awareness activities, including
quizzes, audiovisual programs, radio talks, rallies and setting up of information kiosks at public places
and colleges. The activities were organized by VEBART Trust, with support from the Lions Club and
Vasavi Club.
Film actor Anubhav with an award winner
Children express their thoughts and ideas through colour
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