To view an online version of the email, please click here       Programme Highlights       Back to Daily Life   Our 'Community Impact Assessment' was carried out for 13,284 patients who underwent surgery. Findings show that 90% of the patients had good Visual Acuity , 98% of them are back to their daily activities, 62% returned to their work and became productive again (contributing towards MDG Goal 1- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) and 22% reported increase in income post-surgery. All in all, a job well done by our partner hospitals and team MFV!           Eyes on the North east   In the past year, there has been a rapid expansion of work in the North and North-East, from the Pediatric Eye Programme with Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital in Meerut to the Cataract Programme in the North East with Ramkrishna Mission for Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. We believe these programmes will help us further our mission in these remote pockets and help many marginalized communities.           Outreach Eye Camps   This year the two Eye Screening camps done in Nariman Point and Worli in Mumbai, in association with the Bhojraj Chanrai Sankara Eye Hospital (BCSEH) in Malad were a great success. This underscores the need for reaching out eye care even in urban Mumbai. In fact, the initiative was so well-received that there has been encouragement from the Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Corporation (BMC) to do a similar initiative with their employees.           From Strength to Strength   A Programme Development team has been set up to identify programmes and partners who can strengthen MFV's mission to eradicate avoidable blindness. This team will design, implement and monitor all programmes. Needless to say, they will carry this out while maintaining the highest standards of quality and results.           Our Partner Programmes   As part of strategic inputs into partners' programmes, MFV facilitated a vision building exercise for Bansara Eye Care Centre (BECC) in Shillong, Meghalaya. Conducted by Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO), the exercise helped BECC identify key gaps and devise strategies. This will help them fill in the gaps and contribute to their holistic development towards offering higher quality eye care to the community.           Recognition for Quality   MFV partner Sankara Eye Foundation – India, was recently awarded the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2014 (IMC RBNQA) in the healthcare sector. This award by the IMC RBNQA Trust is a joint initiative of the Indian Merchants' Chambers and House of Bajaj to recognize the excellence in quality of service. The Sankara Eye Foundation has created a niche for itself when it comes to high service quality while providing yeoman services to large number of people free of cost.         Mission For Vision 112-A, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, India You're receiving this email because you signed up to our awesome mailing list. Not interested? Unsubscribe here.