India Foundation

Project Vision

Project Vision is India Foundation's pledge to provide eyesight, absolutely free of cost, to the underprivileged. We intend to achieve this through our association with Project Drishti. This venture was set up by renowned eye specialist Dr. Narpat Solanki, a founder member of a community-initiative providing comprehensive eye care services to people in rural Bangalore. To date, they have conducteded10,000 plus free eye camps and 52,000 plus free eye surgeries. Dr. Solanki's specialization in Phaco, Small Incision Cataract Surgery, Refractive Surgery and Squint Surgery has spurred him to a record 50,000 plus eye surgeries.

At India Foundation, our immediate goal is to gift vision to 1000 blind individuals in rural India, who have cataract by providing free surgery to them. We estimate each surgery to cost US $ 25. To attain this goal, we seek to raise US $ 25,000. We ask you to consider making a contribution to achieve this target. All contributions, however small or large, will be greatly appreciated. Donors making a contribution of US $ 500 and more will be recognized for their philanthropic contribution with a custom designed plaque. We already have commitments for 250 surgeries so far.

Any contributions made can be claimed as a "tax-free donation" and can be made in U.S. by making a check payable to India Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c) (3) organization, or in India to Sri. C.R. Jain Charitable Trust, a tax-exempt I-80-G charitable trust, a subsidiary of India Foundation. You may mail your checks to -

U.S. donations:                                             India donations:
India Foundation                                              C.R. Jain Charitable Trust
5617 Ramsey Street                                       454-6/1, 1^st floor, 21^st cross
Fayetteville, NC 28311                                   Jayanagar 3^rd Block
                                                                          BANGALORE - 560011

Below is a report on the Clarissa Pruitt Memorial Free Eye-Camp conducted recently and an Excel sheet giving details of the patients treated at the camp.

Clarissa Pruitt Memorial Eye-Camps near Bangalore in India

Sponsored by the Pruitt family of North Carolina, USA, two eye-camps were organized by India Foundation and C.R.J. Trust in collaboration with Project Drishti, near Bangalore in Kanakpura and Solur on February 28 & 29, 2008 and March 5 &7, 2008 respectively. Two hundred and fifty patients with eye problems were screened. From these, one hundred and twenty patients were selected for cataract surgery to prevent or correct blindness.

With free hospital stay provided for these patients, pre-op checks were done the day before the surgery. The patients were monitored post-op and discharged. The eye surgeries were performed by the surgeons of the Project Drishti Team under the watchful supervision of Dr. Ashok Jain, President of India Foundation and C.R.J. Trust.

Free transportation and food was provided to all the patients screened.

India Foundation and the C.R.J. Trust gratefully acknowledge the support of the Pruitt family in this humanitarian effort.

Below are pictures of one of the eye-camps.