Restore sight for 1,500 women in Pakistan.

Shabana a 45-year garment factory worker where she works as a cropper and her husband works in workshop as mechanic. Shabana has 3 children (2 sons and a daughter) both her sons are school going where as her daughter is married. Shabana besides working at the factory looks after the household chores as well. Her family lives in a rented house. Shabana’s family struggles to make the ends meet in the meagre income they earn.

She started having difficulty while cropping the threads from the garments and there were many complaints against her work from the line manager. She went to the local doctor who told her that she has cataract and the operation cost as well. As she was unable to afford the exorbitant cost of the operation by a private doctor, she ignored her problem. But due to the difficulty to see properly her work which was in past up to the mark and she was best performer in her department started to get affected. On getting the complaints from the line manager her supervisor called her to terminate her services as she was not able to do her job properly. Upon inquiry she told her supervisor that she is unable to focus and see properly while cropping the extra threads that’s why there are many complaints against her. And since she has cataract and is unable to afford the cost of the operation she has ever since ignoring it.

Her supervisor upon listening to her ordeal told her about LRBT and its free eye treatment for the underprivileged. With this newfound information she asked her husband to take her to LRBT hospital which happen to be on the way to their workplace. At the hospital she was diagnosed with cataract and given a date for surgery. After her operation, Shabana was ecstatic that she was able to see properly. She thanked the staff of LRBT for providing her the best available treatment without charging her a penny which otherwise she was unable to afford with dignity. She is happy that now she will be back to work and earn for her family.