Hyderabad, October 2020….. A massive Eye Pledge movement like never before is taken up and 2.5 lakh Eyes Were pledged between Sept 21, 2020, to Oct 4, 2020.
The record number of 2.5 lakh Eye Pledges were targeted under an initiative called National Contest on Eye Donation Pledge.
Prime Minister Modi has already extended his accolades to the movement.
A contest towards this effect is organised across India. And the NGO who procure maximum pledges will be declared on October 8, by Mr Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister in a virtual Valedictory function.
Due to COVID, Eye Donation has come down from 60,000 eyeballs a year to 4500 in the last six months. A mere 10 per cent of the annual achieved in the last six months is very disturbing. Under this backdrop, a massive drive is taken up and 2.5 lakh eye donation pledges collected.
It is organised as part of the National Eye Donation Pledge Contest.
It is an initiative of CAMBA. CAMBA is a project of SAKSHAM.
CAMBA stands for Cornea Andhatv Mukta Bharat Abhiyan (in Hindi). It means Corneal Blindness Free Bharat Movement.
“Cornea Andhatv Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (CAMBA)” is a pan India movement of Saksham to bring down the incidence of Corneal Blindness in India and to motivate millions of Indians to pledge their eyes for this noble cause. Samadrishti, Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal (SAKSHAM) is a charitable national organization with a major presence in Hyderabad.
Those who wish to Pledge eyes may use this following link to Pledge the eyes.
https://caarya-saksham.web.app/eye-donation-campain
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Three reasons why the Eye Donation Movement is very vital at this juncture:
1. Due to COVID-19, eye donation has dropped to almost 10% of what was being done previously. Another very big issue being faced is lack of storage for longer times. And to store for 10-12 days, the cost has doubled. The biggest problem has been on transporting and logistics.
2. So, increase in awareness is most essential during COVID-19 do that there is a surge in eye donation activity after the epidemic plateaus. So all the backlog has to be covered, 60,000 eye donation could decrease to 10,000 this year. And we need to enhance the capacity to clear the extra backlog.
3. The biggest reason to start the movement is to increase awareness. Every year around 80 lakh people die but only 30,000 people donate which is less than 1%. The main reason is to build this awareness and also to make them understand the need.
