Seeing is Believing

Dear Donors and Well Wishers,

Greetings from BPA!!

We are very thankful to you for your generous support, cooperation that motivate us to reach out more and more people under seeing is believing program. Your faith and trust in your work encourages to take on new activities, new programs to restore the sight, or to prevent the blindness.

During the reporting quarter a total number of 2112 patients were undergone surgery at Navalbhai and Hiraba eye hospital, an unit of Blind People Association, Bareja among which 1822 were undergone surgery for cataract the leading cause of blindness.

During the reporting period 125 outreach programs has been organized in remote locations of Gujarat where 8754 patients were provided treatment at their doorstep and among them 748 patients were identified as cataract and 568 undergone surgeries at Bareja hospital.  

Vision center is running in regular Basis at Vatrak hospital, Kalol Noor Mahamadi Charitable hospital, Modasa Annpurana Trust, Bhiloda and Bavla, which provided treatment to 2358 patients for various eye problems.

The program has made two significant achievements during the reporting period. I am happy to inform you that the program has expanded its services in Kucchh district known for its little desert area (known earthquake affected area). The high quality, modernized and highly equipped modular operation theatre was set up In Bhuj with the support of leading cooperate. Now, we can provide high quality eye related services to the people of Kucchh region at free of charge.

Secondly, the Vision Centre for poor people was set up in Ahmedabad. This vision center will do assessment, treatment and low vision training to the people of Ahmedabad Slum Area. The vision center will also provide free medicines and referrals for free cataract surgeries at our Bareja Eye Hospital.

The program has also given due importance to human resource development. As part of human resource development, the program has signed an agreement with KMM optometry and eye institute of Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand for training and internship for Optomertry students at Bareja Eye Hospital- Bareja- Gujarat India. Till date 80 students have completed internship with Bareja Eye Hospital.

During the reporting period, 25 entrepreneur mentors from Malaysia in collaboration with IMS Asia, Malaysia and HRDF, Govt. Of Malaysia had visited our program and appreciated this low cost high quality eye care model.

Cataract fellowship program started in the hospital of which 7 ophthalmologist been enrolled for a period of three month.

Now, the program has plan to expand the services for Diabetic Ratinopathy and Childhood blindness.

We request you to continue your support, and spread a word with your friends, family members, and social media networks.

We also request you to visit our organization Blind People’s Association whenever you are happened to-be in India. We will be very happy to be your host. You are also welcome to visit our facebook page on following link

https://www.facebook.com/pg/bpaindia1/photos/?ref=page_internal

Thanking you

With Warm Regards

Bhushan Punani

Links:

• BPA Facebook Page

Dear Donor, Well Wishers

Easter Greetings!!

May the Christian spirit be with us in times of giving. 

Though you are so far away, we are touched by your generous support to our organization for two very life changing projects. With this support we are able to restore vision to more than 3000 people in Gujarat,  the projects have made very good progress in the past years. We have been able to bring qualitative change in the lives of people who can now see again.  

The sight saving project is in expansion mode, and have planned many activities like Vision Centers in remote areas, treatment for diabetes retinopathy, pediatric ophthalmology services.  

GlobalGiving will soon launch a campaign named “2018 Little by Little Campaign!” The highlights of the campaign is your small donations will be matched by Global Giving, and you  will be entitled for tax exemption if you donate in USA and UK. It runs from 09:00:01 EDT on  April 9th, to 23:59:59 , April 13th, 2018.

Major Highlights of the Campaign

• There will be $50,000 in matching funds during the campaign, applied at 50% to all donations up to $50 USD per unique donor per project to eligible projects while funds last during the campaign. Donations will be matched based on the order in which they are received.

•   There will be $3,000 in bonus prizes awarded to the five projects that raise the most funds: $1,000, $800, $600, $400, and $200. No organization can win more than one bonus prize.

  Projects must raise at least $3,000 from 30 unique donors to be eligible for bonus prizes.
• GlobalGiving is a registered nonprofit charity in the United States and England and Wales. Donations made by eligible donors in the United States can be claimed as tax deductible contributions on United States tax returns. Donations made by eligible donors in the United Kingdom can claim Gift Aid (an extra 25% added to eligible donations by the UK Government) when they donate in GBP.
• I request you to share the details of this campaign with your friends, family members, and motivate them to make contribution for cause that you have been promoting and supporting.

 We look forward your positive and motivating responses and obliged.

With Best Wishes