To encourage eye donations, around 600 people, including 150 visually-impaired took part in the World Blind Walk in the city on the occasion of the World Sight Day on Thursday.
The event was organised by Project Vision, an NGO to create 'Vision Ambassadors' who would coordinate eye donations. The concept of the blind walk saw people with sight walking blindfolded for a kilometre, led by visually-impaired persons.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), Dr MB Boralingaiah flagged off the walk from St John's Hospital and walked for a few minutes blindfolded, said Dr Nagendra Prasad, coordinator, Project Vision, Bengaluru. The walk that started from St Johns Hospital proceeded to Forum Mall in Koramangala.
"People must know about eye donation and also how people and their memories live on through such noble causes," said Dr Prasad.
A statement from Project Vision said there was a gap in the eye donation and requirement and, thus there was a need for Vision Ambassadors.
Corneal blindness can be eliminated by having Vision Ambassadors in the community, it stated. Similar eye donation campaigns, organised by Project Vision were held simultaneously at 55 locations across five countries.
In the five countries, about 5,000 visually-challenged people led over 25,000 people in blindfolded walks. The walk ended with a pledge to donate eyes and help the cause of the visually-challenged people across the world.
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To encourage eye donations, around 600 people, including 150 visually-impaired took part in the 'World Blind Walk' in the city on the occasion of the World Sight Day on Thursday.
The event was organised by Project Vision, an NGO to create 'Vision Ambassadors’ who would coordinate eye donations. The concept of the blind walk saw people with sight walking blindfolded for a kilometre, led by visually-impaired persons.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), Dr M B Boralingaiah flagged off the walk from St John’s Hospital and walked for a few minutes blindfolded, said Dr Nagendra Prasad, coordinator, Project Vision, Bengaluru. The walk that started from St Johns Hospital proceeded to Forum Mall in Koramangala.
"People must know about eye donation and also how people and their memories live on through such noble causes,” said Dr Prasad.
A statement from Project Vision said there was a gap in the eye donation and requirement and, thus there was a need for Vision Ambassadors.
Corneal blindness can be eliminated by having Vision Ambassadors in the community, it stated. Similar eye donation campaigns, organised by Project Vision were held simultaneously at 55 locations across five countries.
In the five countries, about 5,000 visually-challenged people led over 25,000 people in blindfolded walks. The walk ended with a pledge to donate eyes and help the cause of the visually-challenged people across the world.
The event was organised by Project Vision, an NGO to create 'Vision Ambassadors' who would coordinate eye donations. The concept of the blind walk saw people with sight walking blindfolded for a kilometre, led by visually-impaired persons.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), Dr MB Boralingaiah flagged off the walk from St John's Hospital and walked for a few minutes blindfolded, said Dr Nagendra Prasad, coordinator, Project Vision, Bengaluru. The walk that started from St Johns Hospital proceeded to Forum Mall in Koramangala.
"People must know about eye donation and also how people and their memories live on through such noble causes," said Dr Prasad.
A statement from Project Vision said there was a gap in the eye donation and requirement and, thus there was a need for Vision Ambassadors.
Corneal blindness can be eliminated by having Vision Ambassadors in the community, it stated. Similar eye donation campaigns, organised by Project Vision were held simultaneously at 55 locations across five countries.
In the five countries, about 5,000 visually-challenged people led over 25,000 people in blindfolded walks. The walk ended with a pledge to donate eyes and help the cause of the visually-challenged people across the world.
To encourage eye donations, around 600 people, including 150 visually-impaired took part in the 'World Blind Walk' in the city on the occasion of the World Sight Day on Thursday.The event was organised by Project Vision, an NGO to create 'Vision Ambassadors’ who would coordinate eye donations. The concept of the blind walk saw people with sight walking blindfolded for a kilometre, led by visually-impaired persons.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), Dr M B Boralingaiah flagged off the walk from St John’s Hospital and walked for a few minutes blindfolded, said Dr Nagendra Prasad, coordinator, Project Vision, Bengaluru. The walk that started from St Johns Hospital proceeded to Forum Mall in Koramangala.
"People must know about eye donation and also how people and their memories live on through such noble causes,” said Dr Prasad.
A statement from Project Vision said there was a gap in the eye donation and requirement and, thus there was a need for Vision Ambassadors.
Corneal blindness can be eliminated by having Vision Ambassadors in the community, it stated. Similar eye donation campaigns, organised by Project Vision were held simultaneously at 55 locations across five countries.
In the five countries, about 5,000 visually-challenged people led over 25,000 people in blindfolded walks. The walk ended with a pledge to donate eyes and help the cause of the visually-challenged people across the world.