PakTrust – Announces Free Eye Camp in Jhelum on 22-23 October 2011

PakTrust.org is holding its next Free Eye Camp in Jhelum, Pakistan on 22-23 October 2011. We are playing this advert below on FM93 Mirpur Radio (reproduced on YouTube with PakTrust images) every 45 minutes to ensure we reach as many people as possible that may need free eye care. Our target is 100 Cataract Operations in the 2 day period. It will be an immense achievement if we are able to reach this many people to help in such a short timescale.

PakTrust.org Eye Camps provide the poor and needy with completely free medical eye care. Our partners at the POB Trust will once again provide eye care professionals and specialists to provide treatment.

Helping the poor with better vision usually is fairly low cost and very quick to implement, but has tremendous benefits, including:

• Better vision for many usually means more independence. Following simple corrective treatment or surgery, many benefit from seeing for the first time, or seeing properly in a long time, and can go on to live normal lives.

Work and employment becomes an option for some, and thus such a small investment can help start lifting people out of poverty.

• Better vision usually means less dependency on carers. Many carers themselves have the opportunity to work again.
• This continues with PakTrust’s aim of providing relatively small help for big benefits.

22-23 October 2011

For anyone who is needs eye treatment and unable to afford it. If you know someone in the Jhelum or surrounding areas, please ask them to attend the eye camp.

We do not need any donations for this Free Eye Camp in Jhelum as it is fully funded by generous donors like you.

We would be delighted if you can support the next eye camp or other charity projects in Pakistan. Please donate here and contact us to let us know how you can help us.