Tag: Blindness
Prevention of Blindness Week in India 2024: Shining a Light on Vision Health
Every year, India commemorates the Prevention of Blindness Week, a significant event aimed at raising awareness about the causes, prevention, and treatment of blindness....
World Braille Day 2024: CSR initiatives for eye care
Early 19th century French educator Louis Braille had invented a universal system for reading and writing for people who are blind or visually impaired....
National conference hosted to address eye health in India
Bengaluru, India: VISION 2020: The Right to Sight is a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness, launched in 1999. CBM India, as one of...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Continental and IIT Delhi find solution for the visually impaired in public buses
New Delhi, India: Technology company Continental, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi,and non-profit technology start-up Raised Lines Foundation (RLF) have come together for the...
On World Sight Day, Samsung aims to screen 150,000 People in India for eye diseases, partners with hospitals
Gurugram, Haryana: This World Sight Day, Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling program has set a target of screening 150,000 individuals in India for eye diseases using...
Jasudben ML School students visit and donate for National Association for the Blind
Mumbai, Maharashtra: The renowned ICSE school in Khar, Jasudben ML School, is known for its commitment to social participation and societal responsibility. The school...
Dignity for Disability – Where do we stand?
As quoted by Pope Francis, “a community which even excludes one member is no community at all.” In India, the disabled individuals account for...
CSR: How AI could give sight to the blind
Better medical care, nutrition, and other measures can help prevent blindness or ease the suffering of those afflicted by it. Alongside these solutions, AI...
Amway celebrates Louis Braille Day in collaboration with All India Confederation of the Blind
Amway India celebrated the 210th birth anniversary of Louis Braille with its 11 NGO partners for the eleventh consecutive year by organizing myriad initiatives....
CSR: Preventing Avoidable Visual Blindness
India has approximately 26 million people who are visually impaired due to eye diseases. Because of this, many potentially productive people end up leading...
CSR: Simply Reading Without Seeing
Dependence on others for reading and writing is one of the biggest hurdle in the way of education, employment and leading an independent life,...
