Project  Description :

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 1.53%  of the population  ( age 30 years and above ) 0f Bangladesh is blind , of which 80%is due to cataract alone. This means Bangladesh has approx 850000 cataract blind persons. There for there are about 1.3 million eyes ( Assuminig 50% of the cataract blind have cataract in both eyes )

WHO statistics further disclose that annual incidence of blindness is the 20% of the prevention of blindness . This means that the cataract blindness is growing at the rate of 162000 cases every year .

The mission of the Royal Commonwealth  society for the blind (RCSB) - Sightsavers is to combat blindness in developing countries , primary in the commonwealth , by working with partners  organization in poor and least served communities to support  ongoning activities that prevent and cure blindness , restore sight and provide service to blind people .

To fulfill  the  mission , Royal common wealth  Society for the  Blind  is provinding funding assistance and technical  support to the local NGOs and the Government of bangladesh  to

undertae    verious  eye care services , rehabilitation of the blind and education of the blind people of the Bangladesh .

In 1999 WHO  has lunched a global initiative  titeled  VISION -2020 and ask all countries to lunch the same . Bangladesh has retified the contents of VISION -2020 in 2000 and developed additional  eye care plan  with the support of  Royal Common wealth Socity for the blind  - Sight Savers International .

Royal Commonwealth Society for the blind , UK has been running its Bangladesh  Branch Office  to develop new  initiatives and monitor all existing project in Bangladesh being runing by the project partners  and Government of Bangladesh .

Funded by Save Foundation ,U.S.A