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Aaj TV showed footage and interview of the Jhelum Surgical eye camp which was a resounding success.      

PakTrust in collaboration with POBTrust organised a Surgical Eye Camp at Hamida Yousaf Welfare Hospital in Jaranwalla, near Faisalabad on 28, 29 and 30th October 2011. The camp was a major success with 1370 patients registered for check-ups, around 400 were identified for operations and eventually 385 patients were operated for cataract surgery over a marathon 3 day period. Fabulous success and an [...]

PakTrust distributed 100 family food parcels to the poor and needy of Dhok Ghulam Mustafa Village in Jhelum in the final days of Ramadan in the lead up to Eid. The idea was suggested by Haji Mohammad Shabbir, who was keen that the needy he had met in his visit a year earlier would greatly benefit [...]

Last year after the Free Eye Camp in Mirpur in April 2010, volunteer Haider Ramzan wrote this blog entry “Haider Ramzan’s Blog on Eye Camp”. Haider’s blog proved very popular at the time, and even now remains one of the most popular pages on this website. Muhammad Saad Mansha is also a long-term volunteer for [...]

#FreeEyeCamp Jhelum Day 3 Summary – Dressings for patients who were operated on yesterday were opened today by the medical professionals. This concluded the amazing work by the POB Trust team who departed the camp. PakTrust volunteers and staff finished with a major cleanup of the premises and area.   #FreeEyeCamp Jhelum Day 2 Summary: [...]

We just received word from our partners at the Fauji Foundation Artificial Limbs Centre, that 223 people have now benefited from PakTrust funded artificial limbs. Whilst lives continue to be distrupted by the great earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, 223 individuals and families are benefitting from a little independence which artificial limbs provide. Artificial limbs [...]

Local news station Aaj News broadcast a report of PakTrust’s 2 day free surgical eye camp at The Riaz Hospital in Mirpur Azad Kashmir. Funded by Paktrust.org., the free eye camp was  professionally supported by POB Trust. Facilities were generously provided by the Riaz Hospital in Mirpur. A true joint venture between organisations dedicated to helping [...]

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 [...]

PakTrust partnered with UK charity “Trust for Access to Pure Water” (referred to as TAP H2O) to contribute to their SAAF- Pakistan Flood Relief Project – a project designed to provide clean and safe drinking water to victims of the Pakistan Floods 2010. TAP H2O worked with their local partner Karachi Relief Trust, a humanitarian [...]