International Service Project

In Association with

Mega Eye Surgery Camp

Date : 15th to 30th June – 2011

Chief Eye Surgeon & Rotary Volunteer
Rtn.Dr. Kishor Asnani & Team Members

International Service Project

In Association with

Rotary Club of Bujumbura, Burundi (Central Africa)

Date : 15^th to 30^th June – 2011

Eye Surgical Camp at Bujumbura (Burundi-Central Africa)

At Burundi Central Africa

Burundi in Central Africa is a country with a poor medical infrastructure but with large population children and elders require cataract surgery, children suffering from myopia/ hypermetropia and needing spectacles. The sizable Indian population and Rotary Club of Bujumbura eager to support the local population conducting Eye

Surgery Camps since 2003.

The medicines and other supplies for these camps was given by Indian partners Netra Jyoti Parivar Deesa and Rotary Club Deesa, distributed totally free to the beneficiaries. The Indian doctors with the team of Anesthetic, Medical Technicians contributed by giving totally free services to the project.

The successful completion of previous projects had generated tremendous goodwill for India and the Indians amongst the authorities and the local populace of Bujumbura.

Our Rtn. Dr. Kishor Asnani, volunteering as Chief Eye Surgeon and team leader since 2003 to 2011 at Bujumbura, Burundi (Central Africa) conducting :

Surgery Camps from Year 2003 to 2011

2003 operating 400 patients,

2004 operating 800 patients and fitment of spectacles to 3000 children,

2008 operating 651 patients nearly 142 children.

2011 operating 1250 patients children and older people.

Experiences from 2003 to 2011

Rtn, Dr. Kishor Asnani, the head of the team shares his pleasant memories of Bujumbura:

He was Inter viewed by National Television Burundi.

He had operated on six blind children and all of them regained their eyesight. These children expressed their gratitude with tears in their eyes and said that they had seen their parents for the first time in their lives.

The Hon Health Minister of Burundi had also expressed at this project and requested that such teams come to Burundi more frequently.

The 2004 camp was attended by The Dist Governor Rtn. Mohamad Abdullah, R.I. Dist 9200 and the Indian High Commissioner for Kenya Mr. Surendrakumar.

Chief Eye Surgeon

Rotary Volunteer

Rotary Club Deesa

President

Rotary Club Deesa

Mobile # +91 9426578782

Avoidable Blindness Project

Our Rtn. Dr. Kishor Asnani and team successfully operated 1250 patients and completed Mega Eye Surgery Camp with Rotary Club of Bujumbura at Burundi (Central Africa)

Eye Camp Photos