On the Occasion of Rotary Service week, Rotary Club of Mumbai Sion is running a massive eye donation rally to spread the awareness about the need for eye donation.
Rotary Club of Bombay Sion was charted on June 26, 1974. The Club was started with 33 members and was sponsored by Rotary Club of Bombay East. The territory was gifted by Rotary Club of Chembur. The Club celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 26th June, 1999. This club is 35 years old. The Club has adopted the “Sion Fort” as its emblem
A trust named “Rotary Club of Bombay Sion Charity Trust” was started in 1975. A Medicare Centre opposite the Sion Railway Station in Dharavi was set up and run by the Club till 2010. Presently the Club has 55 members out of whom 4 are charter members and 1 Honorary Member.
A trust named “Rotary Club of Bombay Sion Charity Trust” was started in 1975. A Medicare Centre opposite the Sion Railway Station in Dharavi was set up and run by the Club till 2010. Presently the Club has 55 members out of whom 4 are charter members and 1 Honorary Member.
As per the statistics, one out of every 150 person in India is affected by corneal blindness which mostly affects children and people from poor social economic strata of the society. Out of the 1 million deaths that occurred in the country last year, a mere 42,000 had opted for eye donations. This is in contrast to the demand of about 3,00,000 eyes per annum. We are one of the fastest growing economies in the world today and ironically, we also shoulder one of the largest populations of the visually impaired amounting to almost one-fourth the world's blind population living in India.
Rotary Club of Sion in association with Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Aditya Jyot Foundation for twinkling little eyes, Bombay Sea coast Club, Rotary Club of Borivali, Rotary Club of Thane Hills and Rotary Club of Mumbai Uptown, Rotary Club of Mumbai North Island, New hope foundation, Thiruvallular Narpanai Iyakkam is organizing eye donation Rally on Sunday 19th December 2010 to promote pledging of eyes & eye Donation. Car Rally on Bandra Worli Sea Link & Walking Rally from Sion Circle to Matunga Gymkhana / Five Gardens.
Through the eye donation rally, the eye bank has requested Mumbaikars & eminent personalities from all fields of life to come together and participate in this noble venture of promoting eye donation so that someone one can see the rainbow after your death!
Donors can call the 24 hrs no.: 022 - 65102690 or log on to www.adityajyoteyebank.org for pledging their eyes.
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