The eye centre will provide accessible and affordable eye care services to the slum dwellers
Aditya Jyot Foundation of Twinkling Little Eyes have launched its second eye care centre in Dharavi, Mumbai. The event was graced by the presence of Shyamala Gopinath, Chairperson, HDFC Bank and Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank. RBL Bank will support the centre for the next three years as a CSR initiative.
The eye centre has been started in an effort to provide accessible and affordable eye care services to the slum dwellers. The centre will have a medical team of eye specialists and para medical staff backed by 20 community health workers working in the community and will treat cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy along with a comprehensive eye screening service.
The Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes launched their first centre in 2011 in Matunga Labour Camp. It aims to redress the suffering of low income groups, marginalised population living in rural and urban slums and tribal areas in our state through free eye camps and free eye treatment.
Dr S Natarajan, Managing Trustee, Aditya Jyot Foundation said “AJFTLE will look towards starting many more centres across the city in the slums.”
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