2. Project Inauguration by Mr. Rajesh Tope,Minister
of State for Urban Development and Water Conservation
on 05.05.06 in presence of Mr. K.B.Bhoge, Divisional
Commissioner ,Aurangabad, and Dr. G.V.Rao,Country Director,ORBIS
International ,India Country Office.
3. Teachers Training Program conducted on 11.06.06.
ORBIS International is a non-aligned,
non-profit global development organization whichisworking
towards its mission of preventing avoidable
blindness. With an aim to contributeto the reduction
of avoidable childhood blindness in Marathwada region
of Maharashtra , ORBIS International has joined hands
with Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna for ORBIS-Shri Ganapati
Netralaya Child Eye Care Project started from 1st March
, 2005. Read
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The Eye bank at Shri Ganapati Netralaya has a dedicated
team of medical and paramedical staff for the collection,
storage and transplantation of donor eyes. A 24-hour
facility is available for the collection of eyes.
In the eye bank, the eye is examined and assessed
and the corneal tissue is stored in the required media.
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India has approximately 14 million blind population
of which 60% are due to cataract, which is a surgically
curable disease. Because of poverty, illiteracy and
ignorance, rural population is more affected as compared
to the urban.
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blindness. With an aim to contributeto the reduction
of avoidable childhood blindness in Marathwada region
of Maharashtra , ORBIS International has joined hands
with Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna for ORBIS-Shri Ganapati
Netralaya Child Eye Care Project started from 1st March
, 2005.
