Eye Care Campaign Aiming For A Better Education
‘They See, They Learn’, a campaign for under privileged students has been launched with the aim to provide better education. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), a chemical company based in Riyadh is driving the campaign for children in Gurgaon.
Local administration is helping the company to get the campaign going. Appreciating the drive, T L Satyaprakash, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, says, “Vision care is an important aspect of health which directly affects the academic performance of children.”
Joining hands with Arunodaya Charitable Trust, an NGO, SABIC will screen to identify vision related problems and provide free corrective spectacles for vision treatment. About 10,000 children from government owned schools in the age group of 6 to 18 years are to benefit from it. The project will gradually be implemented in all government schools of the city.
“With our prior experience of providing vision care through eye screening of nearly 25,000 children in Delhi (NCR), we look forward to extending our efforts to another 10,000 children in Gurgaon,” says Janardhanan Ramanujalu, Vice President, SABIC, South Asia & ANZ.
Education being very important for India’s development, eye sight holds great significance too. Dr. Arun Sethi, Arunodaya Deseret Eye Hospital, a unit of Arunodaya Charitable Trust, says, “Vision care is a serious problem in India which often gets neglected due to lack of awareness. We are happy to leverage SABIC’s experience in this area and support the cause of Literacy and Healthcare to economically backward children in schools in Gurgaon.”
SABIC recorded a net profit of US$ 6.2 billion in 2014. They manufacture on a global scale in Saudi Arabia, America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
