According to a World Health Organization estimate, globally, around 19 million children are visually impaired, and 1.4 million of those are blind. In India, the number is close to 8 out of every 10000 children.

Childhood blindness has got a great significance, since a child suffers from more blind years than a blind adult. A blind child is not only denied good education, but also the emotional and physical support required to build a successful life for himself/herself.

The most common causes of blindness or poor vision in children are uncorrected glasses power, vitamin A deficiency, lazy eye, squint, cataract and glaucoma (eye pressure). Data shows that 50% of all childhood blindness is preventable, provided it is diagnosed early and given timely treatment.

With the Vision of Reducing childhood blindness in India, JNVR Trust has been conducting school eye screening camps for the past 30 years. Our Mission is to Identify and treat vision problems in children at an early stage.

A dedicated team of paediatric ophthalmologist, paediatric optometrist and supporting staff conduct free eye screening camps in both government and private schools all through the year. A complete vision evaluation, followed by refractive error screening with the latest instrument – SPOT Paediatric Hand-held Autorefractor is done, followed by an ophthalmologist check.

Childhood eye problems, which are detected in such programs, are directed to the attention of the parents, who can seek a paediatric ophthalmologist review at the earliest. Glasses are also provided free of cost, when required.

Our base eye hospital is equipped with a child-friendly department and state-of-the-art technology, where we are committed to providing good vision to children through therapy and surgery, if the child’s condition demands it. Children who will not be able to visit an eye hospital, will be taken by vehicle to the base hospital and provided the necessary intervention free of cost. We also believe in good follow-up, with multiple visits to the same schools to collect feedback and adherence to treatment by the kids.

Along with the Corporation of Chennai, JNVR trust has conducted more than 200 such regular free eye screening programs for children studying in Government schools and Government aided schools every year. By the year 2020, we are aiming to cover all Government schools of Chennai Corporation and also extend our programs to Kanchipuram district and further.

In order to continue this service to the children of our country, we are in need of funds to sustain this program and give us relief from economic restraint. This will allow us to push forward with renewed vigor and motivation. We humbly request philanthropists, kind hearted donors and corporates (as a part of CSR), to kindly donate generously to our cause of reducing the burden of childhood blindness in India.

This program helps to detect eye problems among the working people in work place.

This program helps to the working people for periodical eye check with losing their salary.

The program conducted as following places:

• Government and Non Government offices
• Factories
• IT sector

Our Government has done a lot for children’s education and health. However, there is a sect of children – The Differently abled, who don’t have access to mainstream health benefits due to their special needs. Such children suffer from many undiagnosed health problems, especially vision impairment. Due to their inability to communicate their visual complaints, and non-cooperation for evaluation, these special children require a different type of testing, which can be done only by a trained and dedicated team of eye care professionals.

JNVR conducts specialized programs for vision screening for such children in the various Government and private special schools in Chennai. A team of ophthalmologists and optometrists who are certified in assessing vision of special children (ICOUNT certification for children with special needs), visit the special school premises. A complete check up is performed, with the help of equipment and vision charts, specifically designed for testing on special children.
The children with need for further testing are brought back in the JNVR vehicle, and given the necessary treatment, free of cost. Any intervention like glasses, therapy or surgery are provided to the patient free of cost and with compassion.
Follow-up visits are also scheduled to the premises after few months to collect feedback and adherence to the therapy given.

The special children of our country are in need of such helping hands. However, in order to sustain this program, we require funding and support. This will allow us to push forward with renewed vigor and motivation to help more differently abled children. We humbly request philanthropists; kind-hearted donors and corporates (as a part of CSR), to kindly donate generously to our cause. With your support and our expertise, we hope to screen and treat special children in all the Government and private schools of Tamilnadu. After all, every child is special !