Rose Charities USA supports Eye Care in Rural Nepal

Training of Rural Eye Health Workers

Rose Charities supports the Lumbini Eye Insitute program (http://www NULL.lei NULL.org NULL.np/communout NULL.html) of training female community level eye screeners.  Village women are trained to identify and advise on eye conditions in their communities as well as teach basic eye hygiene/care.  Early identification with treatment follow up can, in many cases, save sight  (ie glaucoma, trachoma etc ).

Rose Charities is also supporting the building of Kapilavastu Eye Clinic in rural Nepal, which will provide screening, and medical services as well as a center for visiting eye surgical teams

Why This Program is Needed

If eye infections and diseases are left untreated the result can be total blindness. Few rural people can afford the trip to an eye hospital. Having a trained eye worker in a village will dramatically reduce the incidence of blindness in that community.