SIGHT CARE FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT

2017-18

SIGHT CARE FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT

2017-18

Introduction:

Sight Care Foundation is a Public Charitable Trust working towards eliminating needless

blindness caused due to Refractive Errors and Presbyopia. We have a mission of providing

Refractive Error solution to two million people by 2025. To achieve our mission, we are

regularly conducting non invasive eye camps in various places and corporate sectors.

We are a Team of Optometrists, headed by Mr. S. Sivakumar , Founder Trustee of

Sight Care Foundation. He holds a Diploma in optometry from Regional Institute of

Ophthalmology, Chennai. In addition he is one of the successful alumni of CSIM and

Aravind Eye Care Systems. S. Sivakumar has more than 25 years of experience in this

field.

We have advanced refraction camp equipments including Auto refractometer, Trial

box, JCC and colour vision charts. We dispense power corrected glasses immediately

at the camp site. On an average, we reach out to 100 persons per camp per day.

These non invasive procedures address only the refractive error and Presbyopia

need.

About the Founder:

S. Sivakumar has more than 25 years of experience in this field. His fascination is towards

conducting grassroots level outreach eye camps and has trained more than 345 young boys

and girls from Base of the Pyramid categories. Most of the trained students have got a

lucrative employment in various optical outlets, eye hospitals and some of them have even

started their own optical shops.

In his passion for development of Sustainable Primary Eye Care solutions; he has partnered

with Government, Private sector, Charity and Corporate groups.

His expertise is in innovative and cost effective management of primary eye care system and

sustainability of charitable activities.

Vision and Mission of SIGHT CARE FOUNDATION

VISION

Provision of refractive errors’ solutions to people in rural and urban slums in India

VALUES

Equity

Transparency

Ethical practice

MISSION

Refractive errors’ solution to Two million Indians in rural and urban slums by 2025 in 100

districts pan India by providing spectacles and making effective referrals

Objectives and Activities

OBJECTIVES

1. Directly providing appropriate spectacles and referrals to hospitals for treatment and

surgery as required.

2. Empower rural socially active vision entrepreneur through technical training and

marketing outreach.

3. To train Vision Care Related Human Resources from the identified lower socio

economic strata for enabling sustainable employment at the outlets.

Various Activities of the organization:

1. To provide free services for Refractive Errors in socially disadvantaged community by

By providing free refractive errors screening services.

Providing services at doorsteps.

Providing free spectacles.

Supporting and collaboration with state and central government programme in

eye care sector.

2. To create a network of Vision Entrepreneurs.

Training individuals from local communities.

Providing financial support to set up vision care units in local communities.

Providing hand holding and mentoring support.

3. To provide Vocational training/ Skill development training

Short term Vision care technician course

Short term Optician Course

Long Term Diploma in Optometry Course

Certificate given by Sight Care Foundation for course no 1& 2 and certificate given by BSS

( Bharat Seva Samaj) for course No 3.

Activities of the organization:

RELATED TO OBJECTIVE (1)

1. Organizing Non – invasive screening camps in rural areas which will result in

providing spectacles to people at their door step/camp

2. Making referrals for further diagnostics/treatment with established eye hospitals

3. Establish Vision entrepreneur manned by trained vision entrepreneur to cater to the

requirements directly to the ‘walk in’ customers at reasonable prices.

RELATED TO OBJECTIVE (2)

1. Creating vision entrepreneurs by (a) identifying young rural entrepreneurs (b)

providing training as technicians (c) network the trained social entrepreneur with

other agencies and the like to set up rural vision entrepreneur shops

2. From the vision entrepreneur shop (assisted by essilor) train marketing assistants

who periodically visit designated villages and provide linkages between people who

require eye care solutions, to the optical shops for achieving sustainability.

RELATED TO OBJECTIVE (3)

1. Offering three months basic technician training in Chennai, visag and other places as

required

2. Further training into one year advanced technician course and two year diploma

course for selected technicians for improving skill and employment opportunities in

the field of optometry in collaboration with Bharat sevak samaj (National

development agency, promoted by government of India)

3. Placement of trained people in optical outlets/ shops or hospitals/nursing homes.

BENEFICIARIES : 2017-18

Free eye Camp Details:

Numbers of Beneficiaries 43560

Vision Restored through Refraction Correction

9925

Numbers of Cataract referred 4200

Numbers of spectacle given of free of cost 9925

Training:

Number of Vision care Technician Trained 15

Entrepreneurs :

Number of Entrepreneurs set up own enterprise

5

Number of job created 10

Impact of Sight Care Foundation since its inception in 2010

Free eye Camp Details:

Numbers of Beneficiaries 267765

Vision Restored through Refraction Correction

62201

Numbers of Cataract referred 32400

Numbers of spectacle given of free of cost 41910

Training:

Number of Vision care Technician Trained 400

Entrepreneurs :

Number of Entrepreneurs set up own enterprise

46

Number of job created 250

We Acknowledge with gratitude the partnerships with the following partenrs:

Apollo Tyres

ANEW

B-Able

Chennai Corporation

CSIM

Equitas CSR

Essilore

Exnora

Gram Tarang

Lions Club of Dt4324 A1,A5 &A8.( 65 Clubs)

PSI ( Population Services International)

Rotary Clubs of K.K.Nagar, Madras north and IT city

Shri. P.N. Devarajan’s family and friends

Smile Micro Finance

Sri Krishna sweets

Vision Spring

Wochardt Foundation

World Vision

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT :

We are highly thankful to our Donors, Trustees, Partners and Beneficiaries without whom we

would not have restored sight and faith among the people whom we serve.

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