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Sightsavers India celebrated five years of RAAHI- National Truckers Eye Health Progra

Sightsavers India celebrated five years of RAAHI- National Truckers
Eye Health Progra

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 The event was attended by internationally
acclaimed actor and director, Mr Kabir Bedi who is also the Honorary Brand
Ambassador for Sightsavers India, and Shri Amit Kumar Ghosh, Additional
Secretary at the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

New Delhi :  Sightsavers India has commemorated the
successful five year completion of RAAHI – National Truckers Eye Health
Programme. RAAHI seeks to ensure that truckers with refractive errors receive
glasses in the most convenient way possible, that they wear them consistently,
and they seek regular eye examinations. The programme operates on a
hub-and-spoke model, with static vision centres (‘RAAHI Drishti Kendras’) and
outreach camps. These services include vision screening, refraction, blood
pressure checks, body weight measurement, cataract check-ups, and eye-health
counselling and referrals.



The celebration began with the screening of a
short film presented by Sightsavers India and Cholamandalam, which was followed
by the unveiling of “Eyes on the highway” a five year journey report,
which highlighted the recorded data, progress, and insights of the National
Truckers Eye Health Programme till date, as well as another report on the
impact and effectiveness of ready-to-clip spectacles among truck drivers over
the course of five years. Ready2ClipTM (R2C) spectacles were introduced into
RAAHI Programme in order to reduce the Programme waste caused by the
non-collection of custom-made spectacles.





Sightsavers’ Honorary Brand Ambassador, Mr Kabir
Bedi, Mr Amit Ghosh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
Dr Caroline Harper, Global CEO, Sightsavers; Mr R N Mohanty, CEO at Sightsavers
India; and Dr SY Quraishi, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
Sightsavers India graced the event.





“RAAHI is a flagship programme of
Sightsavers. I am very happy to present the RAAHI film which marks 5 years
journey of Sightsavers and Cholamandalam partnership in serving truckers across
the country. Over the years, Sightsavers and Cholamandalam have together
contributed greatly towards providing eye care services to the trucking
community in India. The RAAHI Programme has made a significant impact in the
lives of the truck drivers and has played a critical role in addressing
problems like eye health and road safety,” said Dr SY Quraishi, Honorary
Chairman, Sightsavers India Board.





“There are about 9 million truck
drivers on Indian roads bringing us everything we need, to our homes. We were
shocked to discover, of the 9 million truck drivers, 50% had vision problems.
In 2017, Sightsavers started the RAAHI initiative to bring eye care to the
truckers,” said Mr Kabir Bedi, Honorary Brand Ambassador, Sightsavers India.



“In our Bombay Urban Eye Health
Programme, we saw many truck drivers are coming and getting their eyes checked.
We segregated this data, of around 5,000 to 6,000 drivers and did a small
analysis, and we figured out that close to 47% of truck drivers have eye
problems. That was from where the idea of RAAHI came to create a national
programme for truckers in India,” said Mr RN Mohanty, CEO at Sightsavers India.

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