Rotary Club of Mumbai Sion (Lead Club) under the able guidance of Dr. S. Natarajan, District Chair for Care of Eyes, co-sponsoring clubs – Rotary Club of Mumbai Mahim, Rotary Club of Bombay Worli & Rotary Club of Bombay Uptown in association with Aditya Jyot foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes (AJFTLE) is organizing an “Eye Donation Awareness Rally” on World Sight Day.
Date & Time: Thursday 13th October 2011 at 8.30 am
Start off point: Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Wadala, Mumbai
Flag off by: Rtn. Vijay Jalan, Dist. Governor, RI Dist. 3140
Rally route: The Rally will start from Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt Ltd, Plot 153, Major Parmeswaran Road, Wadala at 8.30 am on 13th October 2011. It will pass through Khalsa College, Don Bosco, Kings Circle, Matunga station, and will culminate at Ruia College, Matunga.
100,000 corneas are needed for transplants each year in India but only about 10,000 are collected. Sometimes procurement of cornea is very difficult as good quality cornea is not available due to scarcity of eye donors. This calls for a pressing need of launching a national awareness drive, backed by timely counseling of the grieving family, who are authorized to donate the eyes of their beloved relatives after their death.
Remember, by donating a pair of eyes you can make a big difference to the lives of two corneal blind persons. Besides, nobody is going to live here forever so let us donate our eyes and light up the lives of others even after death.
Let us join our hands together to promote this noble cause.
I was the Part of this rally... very nice and successfull.......
ReplyDeleteHey People Pls Update the pics...... Please.....
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