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Sambhav primary
focus has been on being Sahariya, Adivasis and the Dalits, Therefore it is
natural that the major portion of our support will go towards these populations,
and based on our past experiences it is safe to say that the number of women
will be more than men.
Converting this
into a percentage scale we are assuming it will be 60- 40.
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Majority of them are either
landless or marginal farmers.
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Primary source of earning is
casual labor, and agri labor
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The quality of land is poor
and unirrigated land is very high
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Agriculture is rain-fed, the
land is undulating and rocky, except a few patches by and large land being
unirrigated.
Based on 5 years of
experience in eye care services. Eye care services are not accessible to a large
rural population. Villages are located in difficult terrain with very poor
transport
connections, unless the patients are taken from the village and brought to the
hospital for
surgeries. It is virtually impossible to reach out many people, particularly
women, children and adults. Generally the follow up of cases done in various
camps is very poor, which leads to lots of suffering to people. In addition to
cataract, glaucoma is also found to be of considerably high prevalence. In
several families there was nobody available, even to carry the elderly member of
the family for the eye examination and surgeries. Therefore it is essential that
a team of workers to constantly visit communities, hold screening camps and
identify such elderly men and women who have remained unattended, un-served by
any quality eye services.
Goal:
To arrest the spread of blindness among Sahariya and other tribal communities
through
operative support being provided at Shri Padam Sambhav Eye Hospital (An eye care
unit of Sambhav Social Service Organization)
Objectives:
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Provide surgical services to
identified persons with cataract.
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Reaching rural communities
with basic eye diagnostic services through camps.
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Promote social inclusion of
the visually impaired through community sensitization
meetings and discussions.
Activities:
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Screening Camps
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Awareness Meetings
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Referral to base hospital
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Cataract surgery at Base
Hospital (Shri Padam Sambhav Eye Hospital)
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Follow-up activities for
operated patients.
Implementation strategies:
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Seeking support of community/
Panchayat representatives in organizing screening
camps.
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Performing cataract surgeries
at Base hospital following SICS procedure, as post
operative care of people coming from rural parts is minimized.
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Seek support of district
blindness control society for extending their support in
organizing health camps.
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