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Bangladesh
Health
Bring Back Eye Sight of poor, Jhenaidah Bangladesh
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesBangladesh is a flood prone country, adjacent to India. 65% of total populations are living in extreme poverty. Family members are mal-nourishment and facing acute vitamin A deficiency. 94% children are malnourished and 30,000 are becoming blind every year for Vitamin A deficiency. 1000 low vission & 250 cataract eye patient of poor are Beneficiaries. Activities1. Partnership with Local Eye care Institutes 2. Arrange Eye Camp 3. Conduct workshop with local managements 4. Select and train Volunteers 5. Conduct Eye operation 6. Supply necessary medicine Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThe Low vission persons will carry out their daily activities. And Eye sight problem will be reduced. Project Message
Eradicate Blindnees. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Saidur Rahman, Project SponsorOrganisation
Learn more about Dipaon Society and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
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For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on November 06, 2009. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 26, 2009. Latest Update from the FieldBring Back Eye sight of poor, Jhenaidah BangladeshBy Saidur Rahmana - Chairman, March 26, 2009 11:31 AM
 Bangladesh is a flood prone country, adjacent to India. 65% of the total populations are living under extreme poverty line whose average daily family income is bellows BP 1.00. They are utterly failed to manage subsistence for their family. Family members are mal-nourishment and facing acute vitamin A deficiency. 94% of the children are malnourished and 30,000 are becoming blind every year for Vitamin A deficiency.
National Eye Science Dhaka conducted a survey in 2000 on Bangladesh national blindness and low vision over 30 age’s people at 6 divisions of Bangladesh by the financial support of Sight Saver International and London School of tropical Medicine. The survey result show that 1.53% people of total population is blind or eye sight defects. 80% of them are cataract blind. Where cataract operation is needed 2500-3000 in per million people but there only 1000 operations are being completed. Every year 150 thousand people become blind due to improper eye care. Another survey was conducted by Bangladesh National Blindness and low vision survey 2000 shows that among one million people 9,925 children are bearing eye sight problem and of them 300 children become blind of which 100 are the cataract blind. Pictures: Attachments: Comment on this update
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