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Sankara Eye Foundation, USA's patient stories highlight transformative journeys of restored sight and renewed hope. Each narrative underscores the profound impact of accessible, quality eye care on individuals and communities.
23 year old Pinky sat weeping at the Government Community Service Centre, Mahadaleshwar (Madhya Pradesh) as she awaited the Sankara optometrist to give further instructions.
A queue of old men and women made their way into the waiting room outside the operation theatre, where they would change into scrubs for their impending cataract surgery.
A 20-minute walk to the eye camp and a 45-kilometer journey to the eye hospital—could a 74-year-old blind woman make it?
Shanker is the proud father of little Chhoti Kumari, a 13-year-old smart Math genius.Chhoti Kumari loves biking and acing her math exams in school. But all this became a distant reality when, last year, her eyesight started diminishing.
Alone at 70, Nirmala Mahatme lives in a small cottage near the village of Banoti Gaon in Maharashtra. Since last couple of years, she was unable to see clearly. She was losing her vision. It affected her work, her farming and even her daily activities.
She takes care of my daughter! Kalyani-bai, a sixty-plus woman, well-dressed in her blue nine yard saree, sat aristocratically waiting for her turn at the eye check-up camp organized by Sankara, with Light of Life NGO at Dhasai, a small village in Maharashtra.
“We are best friends, and we take care of each other!” Vanita and Nirmala, two neighbors and best friends, had come to the Sankara Eye Hospital in Panvel to get their cataract surgeries done.