Watch MFV's impact with these stories of transformation.

1. Imagine if you see the world somewhat like this -
blurred, hazy outlines, contrasting light & darkness…

2. Towards the Light
A Journey to Restore Sight, Independence & Dignity

3. There are an estimated 285mn people worldwide
who are visually impaired.
22% of them are in India.
80% of blindness is avoidable
The main causes of blindness are:
- Cataract – 62.6%
- Refractive errors – 19.7%
- Glaucoma – 5.8%
- Posterior segment disorder – 4.7%
- Others – 7.19%
(Source: WHO: Global Data on Visual Impairments 2010 & NPCB)

4. (Source: WHO: Global Data on Visual Impairments 2010)
Older people are most affected with eye care problems, making it
tougher for them to get through routine tasks each day.
- 65% of people who are visually impaired and
- 82% of those who are blind
Are 50 years or older (globally).

5. Mission for Vision (MFV) was started in 2000 with the belief that
eradicating avoidable blindness enhances productivity.
Higher productivity = social and economic equality.

6. Mission
To establish in partnership, a hospital in every state
of India providing free, high quality eye care to the
poor.
Vision
To restore the gift of vision to every visually
impaired human being irrespective of
nationality, religion or socio-economic status.

7. Philosophy
“Caring capitalists have a responsibility beyond ourselves, to care
for the social and environmental surroundings of the business.
If the surrounding community is happy, healthy and secure, one is
assured of a better tomorrow.”
Jagdish M. Chanrai, Founder, MFV

8. MFV today partners with 21 centres across
14 states in India.
Map of India is only for representative purposes. Not to scale.

9. MFV’s 21 partner centres
Bansara Eye Care Institution, Shillong
Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, Meerut
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Rayagada
NAB (India), Mumbai
Nirmal Ashram Eye Institute, Rishikesh
Ramkrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar
Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand, Bengaluru, Guntur, Ludhiana
Sankara Eye Centre, Coimbatore
Sankara Eye Hospital Jaslok Chanrai
Community Eye Care Centre, Kanpur
Sankara Rural Eye Hospital, Krishnankoil
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal
Sankara Eye Hospital, Shimoga
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati
Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata
Shri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya, Tirupati
Synod Hospital, Aizawl
Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital, Nashik

10. MFV provides both financial and technical support to its partners to
offer high quality eye care to the poor and thus, tackle avoidable
blindness.

11. MFV and its partners
work together

12. Strategically planning for interventions for best possible impact in
communities and ensuring high quality eye care is provided within
INR 3000 (USD 50).

13. Creating awareness and mobilising the community.

14. Organising outreach camps that help identify patients in need of
preventive eye treatments including surgery.

15. Providing patients transportation to travel to the base hospital for
their treatments.

16. Ensuring a comprehensive ophthalmic examination & a basic health
check-up is done at the base hospital.

17. Skilled ophthalmologists and eye surgeons treat the patients with the
latest equipment and technology, providing high quality of eye
care.

18. Assessing impact
A core part of MFV’s work on the ground

19. MFV directly conducts follow-up checks on select patients after they
have undergone surgery.

20. Home visits are conducted on 10% of the patients after a 6-month
gap, post-surgery, to gauge the impact of treatment.

21. As a result of this unique follow-up system at MFV, we have:
67% of them going back to work allowing them to earn their
livelihood.
91% of the patients gaining good visual acuity
(WHO guidelines state: 80% of the patients should fall under good category with available correction
and 90% of the patients should fall under good category with best correction.)

22. The home visits also help MFV monitor the care taken at the
patient’s home post his/ her surgery ensuring complete recovery.

23. MFV's partners in India screen the eyes of over 700,000 people,
and perform over 180,000 free eye surgeries annually.

24. In the last 6 years, MFV has enabled the gift of sight to
over 1,000,000 people, thereby restoring their independence and
dignity.

25. The entire journey a patient undertakes from detection of their eye
problem at the campsite to their travel back home, post surgery is
free of cost to the patient.

26. At the end of the journey, our patients regain good vision. They are
able to return to work, to see properly and most important to them -
regain their dignity and independence.

27. In the words of Raghunath Powale, a sprightly 85-year-old, “I can't
express my gratitude for being able to see again. Now, I don't have to
depend on anyone. I manage to do all my work on my own.”

28. MFV's Inspirations

29. “I like to play sports at school,”
says 11-year-old Ganesh.

30. Ganesh studies in the 6th grade in a hostel for rural students. He is 11
years old. A few months ago he developed a fever and was brought
home.

31. Ganesh's parents took him to a doctor who diagnosed cataracts in
both his eyes. Through an MFV supported camp, Ganesh reached
Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital where he recently underwent surgery in
one eye.

32. Within a month, he will have undergone surgery in his other eye too.
With his sight restored, Ganesh will be back in school in no time.
In Pics: Ganesh at his first follow-up check post surgery at the campsite nearest to his home.

33. “If I hadn't got my sight back, how would I have
earned a living? I was very worried,” said Subhash
Deshmukh

34. 68-year-old Subhash Deshmukh lives by himself in a rented 10x10
feet room in Sinnar town, Nashik. He works in a general goods store
as a daily wage worker earning barely enough for his needs.

35. When cataracts developed in Subhash's eyes he was very worried as
deteriorating vision meant he wouldn’t be able to earn a living or take
care of himself.

36. Subhash attended a MFV supported outreach camp and underwent
surgery at Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital. The blurry vision became a thing
of the past.
In Pics: With restored eyesight he is back at work & is happy to have regained his independence.

37. “I can't see clearly, it's all a bit hazy,” complained
Shantabai to the social worker at the eye care camp.

38. Shantabai Bhalerao, an elderly lady was diagnosed with cataract in
her left eye at a MFV supported camp in Aurangabad district.

39. Soon, Shantabai successfully underwent sight restoring surgery at
Tulsi Chanrai Eye Hospital.

40. She is well on the road to recovery now.

41. Restoring Sight
Restoring Dignity
Providing communities
with quality eye care
Renewing Hope
Mission for Vision
Strengthening health systems
Supporting inclusive
education

42. Arjun Waney
Chandru Kewalramani
Dasi Budhrani
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre
Kewalram Chanrai Group
M B Chanrai
Sunder Chanrai
Mastek
N P Kripalani
Sightsavers
Tulsi Trust
We would not have been able to reach this
far without the unstinted support of:
Thank You

43. To support Mission for Vision contact:
/mfv.org
+ 91 22 22824967
/mfv_org
www.missionforvision.org.in
info@mfvindia.org
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