2. “India has the largest Blind population”
Times Of India 2013
3. Global causes and effects of blindness due to eye diseases and uncorrected refractive errors
CATARACT
GLAUCOMA
AMRD
CORNEAL
OPACITIES
DIABETIC
RETINOPATHY
CHILDHOOD
BLINDNESS
TRACHOMA
ONCHOCERCIASIS
REFRACTIVE ERRORS
OTHERS
N I R A M A Y A
Globally, an estimated 120 million are visually impaired because of uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism). Almost all of them could have
normal vision restored with eyeglasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
75% of Global Blindness Cases can
be avoided with simple procedures !
4. Lost Earnings
US $: 1781million
Direct Medical Costs
US $: 1824 million
Indirect Costs
US $: 371 million
Cost of Caregivers
+ lost earnings
US $: 845 million
Taxation Revenue
US $: 202 million
Suffering from premature death
associated with visual impairment
US $: 4824 million
according to a(conservative) analysis published in 2003 of the loss of productivity of individuals with visual impairment, the annual global economic impact of blindness and low vision in
2000 was US$ 42 billion. In the absence of any concrete measure to check, this figure was projected to rise to US$ 110 billion per year by the year 2020
N I R A M A Y A
ECONOMIC IMPACT
W i t h a p o p u l a t i o n o f 0 . 3 5 M i l l i o n
V i s u a l l y I m p a i r e d P e o p l e , A u s t r a l i a i s
l o s i n g U S $ 9 . 8 B i l l i o n a n n u a l l y ( 2 0 0 4 )
Visually Impaired Population in India is approximately 15 Million
a conservative Economic Impact for India would be in the range of 175 Billion !
5. NIRAMAYA
A grass root
NGO dedicated to
community eye care
Niramaya Charitable Trust believes
that Quality eye care is a right for
every Indian citizen, irrespective of
their social status, cast and
demographics. We are committed to
provide world class eye care to
remotest of area, that too at a cost of
$0 (Yes , ) to the beneficiary !its free
In the last decade, Niramaya
Charitable Trust has been successfully
running several Projects and Initiatives
where more than 3 hundred thousand
people have been benefitted with
Quality Eye Care.
We raise awareness about 37 million
Indian Population , living without sight
and invite others to join our mission.
6. CORNEA TRANSPLANT EYE BANKING
TELEOPTHALMOLOGY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS
EYE RESEARCH
CATARACT FREE INDIA
NIRAMAYA SOLUTIONS
Corneal transplantation/grafting is a
surgical procedure where a damaged
or diseased cornea is replaced by
donated corneal tissue in its entirety or
in part The graft is taken from a
recently deceased individual
Eye banks retrieve and store eyes for
cornea transplants and research. An
estimated 50 eye banks are necessary
to meet the current demand for eye
transplant tissue Pan-India
Teleophthalmology is a branch of
telemedicine that delivers eye care
through digital medical equipment and
telecommunications technology, which
enables access to eye specialists for
patients in remote areas.
A cataract is a clouding of the lens
inside the eye which leads to a decrease
in vision. It is the most common cause
of blindness and is conventionally
treated with surgery.
Niramaya is committed to stimulate,
sustain and intensify a concerted
research effort, with the goal of
developing preventives, cures and
effective treatments for all diseases of
the visual system that damage and
destroy sight.
For last 10 years, Niramaya has
commemorated National Eye Donor
Month to promote awareness of the
need to donate eyes, to recognize
donors and their families and to
celebrate corneal recipients.
7. COMMUNITY OUTREACH
(PRIMARY EYE CARE)
VISION CENTERS
(SECONDARY EYE CARE)
BASE HOSPITAL
(TERTIARY EYE CARE)
Niramaya has adopted the classic HUB AND SPOKE Model of logistics, in order to reach remote population. The entire
population area is provided Primary Eye Care via various Community Outreach Programs, thus eliminating the need for
the patients to travel. These Outreach Programs in turn gets connected to small sized sectors called “Spokes” where, the
patients can get Secondary Care for certain complex cases. And eventually these “Spokes” are connected to a central
“HUB”, a center of excellence Eye care Hospital.
CasesResolvedw.r.tInterventionStages&Costs
N I R A M A Y A
55%
$ 2-10 /CASE
33%
$ 11-50/CASE
12%
$ 51-500/CASE
Good-quality, high-volume cataract surgery can be provided at less than US$ 10 per Case in some settings. Cataract interventions are thus as cost-effective as immunization and can
significantly and rapidly reduce avoidable blindness.
9. Niramaya Trust has organized over
2500 eyecare and awareness
events in past 10 years. Participants
from all walks on life come
together for the cause and
contribute in their capacity from
donating eyes to adopting a village
for providing eye care.
AWARENESS
CAMPAIGNS
10. WALK FOR VISION 2010
Niramaya Trust has a mention in Limca book of records for organizing
largest blind folded walk, spreading awareness about eye donations.
11. GURGAON CARNIVAL 2011
An eye donation festival organized in 2011, reached out to
over 200,000 people with a message to 'donate eyes'.
12. PROJECT DRISHTI RATH
Niramaya operates a mobile eyecare clinic to serve the rural masses
in Haryana. DrishtiRath caters to over 1000 patients every week.
14. THE WAY FORWARD
“ To eliminate the main causes of avoidable
blindness by the year 2020 by facilitating
the planning, development and
implementation of sustainable national
eye-care programmes based on the three
core strategies of disease control, human
resource development and infrastructure
and technology, incorporating the
principles of primary health care. This will
be achieved by mobilizing will and passion
for action through advocacy and by
mobilizing resources. (Vision 2020 WHO) “
Niramaya is aleady mobilizing its
volunteers and Grass Root workers for the
next phase, where:
100 Seconday Vision centers will be
identified, all across Haryana (Phase 2A)
At least 10 Mobile Eye Care Units will be
launched in next 2-3 Years (Phase 2B)
Tertiary Center of Excellence will be
upgraded and Expanded to cater to
minimum population of 5Million (Phase 3)
15. SUPPORTERS
The Tej Kohli Foundation has developed a corneal
transplant programme with Niramaya to address
these challenges, both by funding operations, and
raising awareness of the need for eye donation.
Concern India Foundation extended its support to
Niramaya, at the grassroots level in the rural areas of
Haryana through Mobile Eye Care Units.
Niramaya is ever indebted to Haryana Goverment,
for always supporting it, in its various endeavors to
bring Quality Eye care to rural populations. Haryana
Govt. is helping Niramaya develop its Multiple
Teleopthalmic Centers is various Pilot Districts.
16. all donations are under 80 G Income Tax Exemption
GET INVOLVED
From Pledging your family’s cornea’s for donations, to
weekly volunteer activities to holding an eye donation
placard in your car to getting your workplace behind
sponsoring an entire Eye Project - there are a lot of
oppurtunities to join our mission
VOLUNTEER
We are always looking for help in the Field. Be an
Eye-Volunteer (Eye-Mitra), aware everyone in
your circle about Eye Care, ask others to pledge
for donations, - and learn about various eye
projects at : www.niramayatrust.org
DONATE
COLLOBRATE
100% of your donation will go straight to an Eye
Project to benefit patients in rural areas. Just $5
can provide two people with a gift of vision. Learn
more at: www.niramayatrust.org
We team up with socially-conscious
companies/organisations that are empathic to
our cause. We don’t have one size fits all
approach of our Corporate partnership, instead,
we form a strategy that best supports our mission
to eradicate preventable blindness.
17. Sponsoring the Rural Eye Check-up camps/day
Supporting a cataract surgery
20,000
4,500
Be A volunteer
Adopt a Village (Community Eye Care) 75,000-1,00,000
_
Services INR
Organise a Free Eye Check-up in
your Organisation & Promote Eye
Donations
GET INVOLVED
Supporting a spectacle
Supporting one major surgery like Glaucoma,
Retinal, Keratoplasty, Ptosis, Squint etc.
Sponsoring the Mobile Rural Teleophthalmology
camps/day
General Corpus fund for community outreach
programme
20,000
25,000
5,00,000
500
