On 13^th Oct 2022, Naamyaa Smile Foundation in collaboration with Roshni Jamshedpur organized an awareness camp on Eye donation. Approximately 200 students pledged for donating eyes as well.

The National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed every year from 25thAugust to 8th September. It is a campaign which aims to create mass public awareness about the importance of eye donation and to motivate people to pledge their eyes for donation after death.

Blindness is one of the major public health problems in the developing countries. According to World Health Organization, corneal diseases (Damage to the tissue covering the front of eye called cornea) are among the major causes of vision loss and blindness, after cataract and glaucoma.

There are numerous reasons as to why people do not donate their eyes:

1. Lack of awareness among the public
2. Insufficient facilities in the institutes and hospitals
3. Absence of motivation even among trained personnel
4. Social and religious myths

Founder of Naamyaa Smile Foundation enlightened the fellow students on these points and shared some valuable information about the process of eye donation.

Beneficiaries = Approximately 200 students

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