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(1, 'Sona Devi Is Stronger Than Ever', 'sona-devi-is-stronger-than-ever', 1, '<p>Sona Devi believes there is not much to gather from victory. But there is a lot to learn from defeat.</p>\n<p>The homemaker from Mohani Tola is an unassuming yet straightforward character. In the 70 years of her life, she has seen a lot of ups and downs. Poverty remains one of the most debilitating factors in her life and illiteracy one of her greatest regrets.</p>\n<p>Her sensibilities have reflected she is a woman of substance, somebody who is ahead of her time.</p>\n<p>Despite being a housewife, she has never let anybody treat her like a doormat. She has defined empowerment in her way. She has always been keen to learn things. She has always questioned gender stereotypes. She has always believed in seeing things from a different perspective. She has always been strong-willed and levelheaded. She has always found in living life on the edge.</p>\n<p>When she realised she was suffering from two types of impairment, she made a promise to herself. That, she would not let it impact her life and not allow it to hold her back.</p>\n<p>The hearing problem persists for seven years. The partial blindness has been there for the last two years. The latter has been a little more ruthless because she hadn\'t seen her son\'s face in last 2 years. Terrible finances further worsen this. Age behaves relentlessly. Health is not her best friend either.</p>\n<p>Luckily, the hearing or visual impairment hasn&rsquo;t kept Sona Devi from being hopeful.</p>\n<p>She has shown immense strength in the face of adversity. She sees trouble as a tool for self-discovery.</p>\n<p>She believes this phase has given her time to introspect. She practices resilience in daily life by not letting anything pull down her spirits.</p>\n<p>And her strength and resilience have finally paid off. Although the hearing problem could not be fixed, her vision was restored. We did it at our Mastichak hospital in Saran. She was not aware of Akhand Jyoti before this. A chance advertisement helped her meet us and post which, she set her journey towards a &lsquo;brighter&rsquo; life and met our dedicated team who provided free of cost surgery to her.</p>\n<p>All this while, she knew giving up was not an option. And this is what kept her going until she regained her sight.</p>\n<p>Her family&rsquo;s support contributed to her recovery as well. They stood by her. They took good care of her. They ensured she had the proper rest so that she could recover at the earliest.</p>\n<p>Now Sona Devi is stronger than ever, exhibiting exceptional courage.</p>\n<p>She is immensely thankful to all those who have helped her to stand back on her feet.</p>\n<p>She wants to help others to the best of her ability. She wants to do something that will benefit the people around her. She wants to spread life-promoting values to those who have given up on life.</p>\n<p>This is how she thinks she can win the game of life before her time is up. She has also promised to come back to Akhand Jyoti to get her other eye operated to have clear sight from both her eyes.</p>', 'ced20bad1b2223e70c574370761752d3-image.jpg', NULL, 'Sona Devi', '2018-08-01', 'Abhijit Gupta', 'Blindness', 2941, 'Sona Devi is stronger than ever', 'After the cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, Sona Devi thinks, she can win the game of life before her time is up.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Sona Devi is stronger than ever', 'akhandjyoti eye hospital, akhandjyoti, cataract surgery', 'After the cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, Sona Devi thinks, she can win the game of life before her time is up.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 05:10:39', 3, '2019-04-22 11:39:21', 0),
(2, 'Eradication Of Blindness - A Powerful Weapon For Change', 'eradication-of-blindness-a-powerful-weapon-for-change', 2, '<p align=\"justify\">Sarajul Miyan was a tailor by profession.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He loved his job as he got to express his creativity while making new dresses every day. He also enjoyed meeting and coming across different people in the process. His shop served as a melting pot of people from various walks of life.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It was always the centre of activity and loud cheers.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarajul Miyan_PO-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He lived with his wife, sons, daughter in laws in the remotest part of Basantpur village.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Going to the shop was something he looked forward to. Sometimes his wife joined him, skipping a day&rsquo;s work in the fields.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">His grandchildren were fond of staying at the shop, too. And time passed very quickly, until a few years ago.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He started seeing hazing and experiencing difficulty in stitching.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He hurt himself on many occasions. Despite that, he started each day with renewed enthusiasm.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He kept going strong and bore most of the expenses of the household. He continued being the loving husband and the doting grandfather.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Being at the wrong end of the 70s, he knew age was not by his side. He tried to eat healthily but failed to realise there was more to the story.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Feeling a sense of alarm, one of his long-time-customers coaxed him to show a doctor. Soon they got to know the exact cause of the decrease in his vision. They also realised his condition needed more attention.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><em>Sarajul Miyan had developed bilateral cataract in both his eye</em>s.</h2>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">After struggling for five years, Sarajul Miyan finally gave up.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He decided to close his shop and put the shutters down. He found a new way to earn money. He began to take care of the cattle while staying at home and sold milk to survive.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/4ca191138293f5d95255b2c9bacb9c2e-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"570\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Suddenly, the best part of his day was gone.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Time grew longer and days turned into years. He had a lot of friends, relatives and well-wishers. But his most faithful companion turned out to be his better half.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sarajul Miyan&rsquo;s wife was a very strong-willed lady. She took full advantage of being 20 years younger to her husband and increased her working hours. Sometimes she worked day and night in the fields to make ends meet.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She even stitched dresses whenever she got the time.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Drawing strength from the quiet voice of courage, she did her best to support him.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She went out of her way to generate extra income. But still could not manage to save enough for the treatment.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There were times when she thought she would request her children to help.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But how could she? They were the first ones to disown their parents when the news of their father&rsquo;s cataract spread four years ago.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Her ordeal and Sarajul Miyan&rsquo;s hopelessness came to an end when they came to know about the Akhand Jyoti eye camp in East Champaran.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We took it from there and performed a cataract surgery in one of his eyes. His vision was restored, and normalcy was brought back in his as well as his wife&rsquo;s life.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sarajul Miyan has promised to come back to our hospital for the operation of his other eye.</p>', 'be2c1644dae8c4da4af78a1b9cdcef7e-image.jpeg', NULL, 'Sarajul Miyan', '2018-10-03', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 2053, 'Eradication of blindness - a powerful weapon for change', 'A simple cataract surgery restored the vision of poor Sarajul Miyan. Read the full story how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital in Bihar changed his life.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Sarajul Miyan', 'cataract surgery, blindness, akhand jyoti, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'A simple cataract surgery restored the vision of poor Sarajul Miyan. Read the full story how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital in Bihar changed his life', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 05:21:59', 4, '2019-07-03 10:02:32', 0),
(3, 'Tempering Life With Unconditional Love And A New Vision', 'tempering-life-with-unconditional-love-and-a-new-vision', 1, '<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Champa-Devi_PO-4-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: \'book antiqua\', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Post Surgery- Champa Devi in kitchen</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The crackling sound indicates the tempering of cumin seeds and garlic cloves in hot oil. It is then added to the modest pot of dal kept on low fire. The smell wafts through the air, and the irresistible aroma of the &lsquo;tadka&rsquo; fills the tiny hut. Champa Devi gets the rice ready and ensures the stove is still on. She does it hurriedly to serve us before we take leave. She insists on having lunch with her soft and thoughtful voice. It takes us a lot of pleading to put down her request, and we leave with a smile.</p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On our customary post-operative visit, we found Champa Devi in the kitchen. We were glad to see her leading a normal life. She was back to continue the routine that she had carried out for decades.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Champa Devi_PO-2-min.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"7360\" height=\"4912\" /></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: \'book antiqua\', palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Champa Devi in front of her&nbsp;Hut</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The story of her existence was similar to many of her fellow villagers. It also bore resemblance with the thousands of patients who come to us. The simpleton\'s life was interrupted by a threatening period of blindness and misery. During that time, she came across apathy, humiliation and ungratefulness. But she also discovered unconditional love.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The housewife from Gopalganj earlier had the support of her entire family. But when she developed cataracts and a poor vision, the support vanished in thin air. The children chose to be indifferent towards her. Her daughter-in-law went to the extent of humiliating her for being dependent. Time and again she was told off for making no contribution to the household. She was even asked to stay separately.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Champa Devi_PO-3-min.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"4912\" height=\"7360\" /></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: \'book antiqua\', palatino;\">The&nbsp;\"Gratitude\" Smile<br /></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It was hard for her and her husband to imagine what was happening. It was something that they could never see it coming. Unfortunately, that was the reality. Champa Devi realised the situation was grim and unhealthy. So from that time onwards, she relied on her husband.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Having gone through his share of struggles in life, he sympathised with her. He listened to her whenever she wanted to talk, express her feelings. He felt her pain and did his best to support her. Like a true companion, he became her rock. He worked hard to remain in the race for survival and save money for her treatment. At the end of each day, he gathered his savings and made various calculations. But he still could not go above the line of poverty and treatment sounded like a distant dream.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Things started to look up when he heard our announcement. The couple landed at our Panchdewari eye camp, and we took it on from there. We checked, counselled and in a few days carried out a cataract operation at Mastichak. After a gap of 4 months, we conducted another one. Champa Devi responded well to the corrective eye procedures. Her husband stood by her throughout the process.</span></p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Champa Devi_PO-6-min.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"7360\" height=\"4912\" /></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: \'book antiqua\', palatino;\">Champa Devi &amp; her husband are leaving together happily</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Now, after the twin surgeries at the Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, she is trying out a new recipe for life. She is tempering it with a pinch of love and tossing it with a new vision. She is planning to share the load of her husband and help him with the expenses.</span></p>', '9ef5baf54fd5009a228adfa9c371ac07-image.jpg', NULL, 'Tempering life with unconditional love and a new vision', '2019-04-08', 'Admin-Akhand Jyoti', '', 104, 'Tempering life with unconditional love and a new vision', '55 years old Champa Devi would fall while walking and could hardly do household chores. A surgery changed her life and restored her vision and dignity.', 'Read More', 'Restoring a Sight', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.&nbsp; You too can help to make an even larger impact.&nbsp; If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.&nbsp;</p>', 'Donate Now!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/box-of-sight', 'Tempering life with unconditional love and a new vision', 'Tempering life with unconditional love and a new vision', 'Tempering life with unconditional love and a new vision', NULL, '2', 1, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 05:30:34', 4, '2019-05-04 06:11:15', 2),
(4, 'A Simple Cataract Surgery Brings Back Colours Of Life', 'a-simple-cataract-surgery-brings-back-colours-of-life', 1, '<p>It&rsquo;s not hard to explain how some people are surviving in certain parts of rural Bihar.</p>\n<p>Poverty, unemployment and exploitation are common and adding to that is&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">blindness</a>.</p>\n<p>Many are trying hard to carry on with agriculture like the way they used to.</p>\n<p>Many are struggling to make a living through tenant farming.</p>\n<p>Many are domesticating cattle and selling milk. Many are working as mechanics. Many are blacksmiths. Many serve as security guards.</p>\n<p>Many are toiling as labourers at construction sites. Many are workers in nearby factories. Many are trying to bring home some money by running makeshift tea-stalls.</p>\n<p>Many are ending up doing menial jobs such as cleaning and domestic work. Many are coming to the streets, begging for every grain of food.</p>\n<p>And there are many depending entirely on neighbours or NGOs for food, medicine and support in other forms.</p>\n<p>The list goes on and on.</p>\n<p>In the case of Patma Khatoon, it was selling bangles. She went door to door and sold bangles of all colours and sizes, making Rs.100 a day.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Patma Khatoon_PO-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p>But that figure dropped to half due to poor eyesight. She could no more travel on her own.</p>\n<p>Her husband set up a tiny bangle shop with discarded sheets of tin. He had lost his right leg in an accident. Despite that, he tried to sit in the shop and sell bangles.</p>\n<p>But Patma had difficulty in identifying the colours and customers got offended. The bright sunlight made it worse.</p>\n<p>To add to that, she accidentally broke many bangles and incurred an extra loss.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Patma Khatoon_PO-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<h2><em>Soon she realised something was not right with her eyes.</em></h2>\n<p>Patma Khatoon had just entered her 40s. So she thought it was too early to have cataracts and the burning in the eyes was due to something else.</p>\n<p>But she felt frightened to the core and searched for eye care services.</p>\n<p>In the process, she found many eye hospitals in rural Bihar. But not a single one she could meet the expense of. So the journey turned out to be intimidating, and she returned home disappointed.</p>\n<p>After struggling for three years, she saw the silver lining behind this dark cloud.</p>\n<p>She heard&nbsp;<a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>our outreach</strong></a>&nbsp;team&rsquo;s announcement one day. As it crossed her shop, it mentioned the date, time and venue of our Mangalpur eye camp. She had no idea about us back then and wondered if it was something that she could trust or avail.</p>\n<p><strong>So she decided to try her luck and set out on another journey.</strong></p>\n<p>On reaching our camp, she heaved a sigh of relief. She saw scores of cataract affected people waiting for their turn. She was elated when we told her the check-up was free. She felt blessed with good luck when we told her we could also perform a free sight-restoring surgery.</p>\n<p>We said we would charge not a single farthing.</p>\n<p>We assured her we would do our best and help her go back to normalcy.</p>\n<p>She believed in us and allowed us to bring her to Saran along with other patients.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Patma Khatoon_PO-5.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p>Patma Khatoon is now recuperating from surgery in the right eye.</p>\n<p>She wants to go back to selling bangles door to door and also tell her husband to take rest at home.</p>', 'c08308828079b47ffb492f24f346f598-image.jpg', NULL, 'Patma Khatoon', '2018-10-29', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 2951, 'A simple cataract surgery brings back colours of life', 'A simple cataract surgery brings back colors to life! Patma Khatoon lost all her hope but the surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital changed her life', 'Read more', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Patma Khatoon', 'cataract surgery, blindness, akhand jyoti, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'A simple cataract surgery brings back colours to life! Patma Khatoon lost all her hope but the surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital changed her life.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 05:43:15', 1, '2019-04-08 09:30:52', 0),
(5, 'A Simple Stitch Less Cataract Surgery Makes This Man Stitch Together His Dreams Again!', 'a-simple-stitch-less-cataract-surgery-makes-this-man-stitch-together-his-dreams-again', 1, '<p>Rahmat - it is not just any other word that you may randomly come across. It is a collection of letters. Which add up to translate into blessings, kindness, mercy and even prosperity.</p>\n<p>And for Rahmat Ali, a third generation tailor from Parwaha, it has a divine meaning. He believes his name is God&rsquo;s way of showering him with &lsquo;Barkat&rsquo; or the blessings of prosperity and abundance.</p>\n<p>It is &lsquo;naimatain fazal&rsquo; or God&rsquo;s blessing for him. The meaning of the name was one of his most significant ways of relating to God.</p>\n<p>When he was&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>diagnosed with cataracts</strong></a>, he believed his good &lsquo;karam&rsquo; or deeds and duties would bail him out.</p>\n<h2><em>Moreover, when the widower came to us, his belief deepened.</em></h2>\n<p>&nbsp;Many of his villagers had been here for eye operation before. They came to know about the existence of such an endeavour through our outreach team&rsquo;s efforts.</p>\n<p>Some had heard the rickshaw announcements. Others had got to know through the advertisement leaflets. Many had our co-workers as neighbours and acquaintances.</p>\n<p>A good number of people bumped into patients who had attended our eye camps in Parwaha earlier.</p>\n<p>The benefited villagers say they are doing better after the corrective surgery/ surgeries.</p>\n<p>They are trying to pull themselves together and take charge of their lives. They are trying to rise above poverty and despair and providing for their family.</p>\n<p>They imagine&nbsp;<a href=\"../../about-us\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a>&nbsp;not merely as an eye hospital but as a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\">pillar of support for the entire state of Bihar</a></strong>.</p>\n<p>All this went a long way to help him muster the courage.</p>\n<h2><em>Leaving his apprehensions behind, he came to us and later underwent surgery.</em></h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rahmat Ali-PO-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p>So the sexagenarian was thankful to his fellow villagers but more than that he was grateful to God.</p>\n<p>He believed his &lsquo;sawab&rsquo; was what had brought him to us. In other words, the revival of vision in his right eye was a result of his spiritual merit.</p>\n<p>The cataract removal operation was a reward.</p>\n<p>It was a reward that accrued from his performance of good deeds and piety over the years.</p>\n<p>Now the 65-year-old tailor wants to show &lsquo;rahmat&rsquo;, mercy and kindness, to others. He wants to weave a story of faith, positivity and good &lsquo;karam&rsquo;. He wants to inform as many cataract-affected villages as possible about Akhand Jyoti.</p>\n<p>This, he thinks, will lead him to more &lsquo;sawab&rsquo; and will bear testimony to his allegiance to God.</p>\n<p>He also opines the revival of vision will alleviate poverty from the state. The work-life balance will improve relationships and standards of living.</p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s another thing that Rahmat Ali wants to do.</p>\n<p>He intends to go to his tailoring shop and open it once again. The gap has been extended and devoid of any practice.</p>\n<p>He has already resumed sewing at his home. He believes he still has it in him. Born into a family of tailors, sewing is not just a profession for him.</p>\n<p>It is his passion and the window to his creativity. He thoroughly enjoyed his work before and can&rsquo;t wait to start again.</p>', 'c6cfa1f5bc34f8b73bb633e7e798b6f5-image.jpg', NULL, 'Rahmat Ali', '2018-10-31', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 2727, 'Akhand Jyoti makes this man stitch together his dreams again', 'A simple stitch less cataract surgery by Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital makes this man stitch together his dreams again.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Stitch less surgery makes this man stitch together his dreams again', 'cataract surgery, blindness, akhand jyoti, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'A simple stitch less cataract surgery by Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital makes this man stitch together his dreams again.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 05:53:49', 3, '2019-04-22 11:38:49', 0),
(6, 'Difficult Times Will Lead To Better Days If We Don’t Give Up Hope - This Is What Dhanesh Shah Had To Say After The Sight-restoring Surgery', 'difficult-times-will-lead-to-better-days-if-we-dont-give-up-hope-this-is-what-dhanesh-shah-had-to-say-after-the-sight-restoring-surgery', 2, '<p>Why do we do what we do? Why do we toil in the sun, work day and night, and stretch our limits?</p>\n<p>When asked, Dhanesh Shah always said, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s all for a better life. For ourselves and our near and dear ones&rsquo;.</p>\n<p>A blacksmith with an enviable reputation, he quit and gave in to his deteriorating eyesight five years ago. His earning was around Rs. 1500/- per month back then.</p>\n<p>He provided for his family and catered to their needs as much as he could. If anybody needed anything, he would spring into action and try his best to satiate it.</p>\n<p>With age, he developed cataracts in his eyes and almost lost his vision. The last three years had been the toughest.</p>\n<p>He was jobless and confined to the four walls of his humble hut. He remains at his wit&rsquo;s end as he has problems doing the odd jobs of daily life. He also had trouble in recognising people and going out in the sunshine.</p>\n<p>In short, he was unable to do a single thing, without feeling uncomfortable. And the cause of all his problems was his disappearing eyesight.</p>\n<p>His life was at the mercy of his youngest son, also a blacksmith by profession. Shah stayed with him and took his help to relieve financial requirements.</p>\n<p>He relied on his wife for helping him bathe, clean himself, walk around the house and more. And he was dependent on his daughter-in-law for food.</p>\n<p>Dhanesh Shah told us, taking advantage of his condition, her daughter-in-law humiliated him day and night. She disrespected him and taught the children to taunt him. She even told him off saying he was a &lsquo;burden&rsquo;.</p>\n<p>He was made to feel as if he purposely did no work and spent his son&rsquo;s money.</p>\n<p>So good life turned into a distant dream for Dhanesh Shah. His life went through a metamorphosis of sorts.</p>\n<h2><em>It brought him to a juncture that he didn&rsquo;t know how to cross.</em></h2>\n<p>&nbsp;At 60, he was at the crossroads. He desperately hoped things didn&rsquo;t get more serious.</p>\n<p>He often wished things didn\'t have to be this way. Trying to reconcile with his fate, he fought hard to save himself from depression.</p>\n<p>But as they say,&nbsp;<em><strong>&ldquo;Every cloud has a silver lining&rdquo;</strong></em>.</p>\n<p>Our outreach team&rsquo;s announcement proved just that.&nbsp;<span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"../../\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</strong></a>, being a&nbsp;<a href=\"../../about-us\"><strong>non-profit, charitable organisation in Bihar</strong></a>, reaches out to the remotest villages to identify the needy patients for&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\"><strong>eye care interventions</strong></a>.&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p>He attended our free eye camp in Siwan. After the eye screening, he requested us to do the needful.</p>\n<p>He agreed to go through a surgery in the left eye. He came with us all the way to Mastichak for the cataract operation.</p>\n<p><strong>Now the dark clouds that passed overhead and blocked the sun have disappeared.</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Post op 2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p>Dhanesh Shah is working hard to live the good life he wanted to.</p>\n<p>He feels it is better to be hopeful than to feel hopeless. He feels difficult times will lead to better days if we don&rsquo;t give up hope.</p>\n<p>But he also has a word of caution. He says, &ldquo;After losing my sight I realised that no one is yours if you aren&rsquo;t able to work or provide money. Beware because even your own family can ill-treat you because of that&rdquo;.</p>', '3e5826477a2457f922c6c4e3ce1456a9-image.jpg', NULL, 'Dhanesh Shah', '2018-10-31', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 1946, 'difficult times will lead to better days if we don’t give up hope', 'Story of Dhanesh Shah. Read how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, a non profit, charitable trust in India is changing lives with the gift of sight to the blind.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Gift and help for visually impaired and blind | Story of Dhanesh Shah', 'help for visually impaired, gifts for the blind, akhand jyoti', 'Story of Dhanesh Shah. Read how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, a non profit, charitable trust in India is changing lives with the gift of sight to the blind.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 06:09:22', 4, '2019-05-11 06:40:52', 0),
(7, 'Fulamaro Khatoon Has Been Contemplating On Ending Her Life But Then Her Life Took A Different Path. Read How!', 'fulamaro-khatoon-has-been-contemplating-on-ending-her-life-but-then-her-life-took-a-different-path-read-how', 1, '<p align=\"justify\">At 80, Fulamaro Khatoon prayed she didn&rsquo;t make it to living another day. She wanted to slash her wrists, hang herself to the ceiling fan and end her life.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She wanted to meet God, who she believed lived somewhere up in the sky. She thought she caused pain to others due to her weakening eyesight.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro Khatoon_PO-12.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She had the love and support of her family but did not want to be a burden on them. She did not want to live as a visually impaired person, go jobless and sit at home. She wanted to avoid being dependent for the remaining days of her life.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Fulmaro Khatoon had always been self-sufficient and wanted the fact to remain the same.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Since she and her family didn&rsquo;t have the means to go for treatment, she thought death was the best solution. But as John Lennon had once said, &ldquo;life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans.&rdquo; Little did she know fate had other plans for her.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro Khatoon_PO-4.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Unable to take her mother to the doctor, Khatoon&rsquo;s daughter felt incredibly guilty. The latter thought she failed as a daughter.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She worked overtime and saved as much as she could but in vain. While the government-sponsored hospital was too far, the clinics close by were costly.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Thankfully, her husband heard our&nbsp;<a href=\"../../our-impact\"><strong>outreach team&rsquo;s</strong></a>&nbsp;announcement.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The young couple were overwhelmed to know our eye screening camp was free. They could not believe the treatment provided at our&nbsp;<a href=\"../../about-us\"><strong>charity eye hospital</strong></a>&nbsp;was free as well. The daughter mustered up the courage and decided to bring Khatoon to see if anything could be done.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Few days back, the mother and daughter duo went back home feeling content.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro Khatoon_PO-13.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro khatoon_PO-14.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Khatoon has had a successful cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti, Mastichak unit. Cataract has been removed in the right eye, and her vision has partially been restored.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro Khatoon_PO-7.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">What&rsquo;s more, the septuagenarian is no more suicidal. She is glad she does not have to be at the mercy of others.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">That&rsquo;s the story of Fulamaro Khatoon ending on a happy note.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Phulmaro Khatoon_PO-6.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But millions of Khatoons are still contemplating on ending their lives. All because of a condition that is curable.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Living in darkness, feeling perturbed and being deprived of the necessities of life is the reality for them. And the worst part is, help for visually impaired is rare.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">They have nobody to bail them out of their misery. Even the government has fallen short. It has not been able to offer the support that these less fortunate people deserve.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Join us as we spread awareness and share words of encouragement.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Be with us as we put in all that we have to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../why-blindness\">eradicate blindness</a></strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"../../women-empowerment\"><strong>uplift women</strong></a>. Contribute and see how a small act of kindness can go a long way. Donate to save lives, combat blindness and bring a smile on somebody\'s face.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"../../box-of-sight\"><strong>Gift a smile to others</strong></a>&nbsp;and experience how generosity can make you smile, too.</p>', 'e0218d733358107e231d612f6648cc2d-image.jpg', NULL, 'Fulamaro Khatoon', '2018-12-22', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 3061, 'Fulamaro Khatoon has been contemplating on ending her life but then he', 'People are living in darkness because of a condition that is curable. Akhand Jyoti - largest, charitable eye hospital in Bihar, India is changing lives.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Akhand Jyoti Story | Charity Eye Hospital in Bihar', 'cataract surgery, eye hospital in bihar, charity eye hospital patna', 'People are living in darkness because of a condition that is curable. Akhand Jyoti - largest, charitable eye hospital in Bihar, India is changing lives.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 06:14:03', 3, '2019-09-11 10:25:16', 0),
(8, 'Parmeshwar Shah Is An Ideal Example Of How Akhand Jyoti Is Changing Lives Of The Underprivileged', 'parmeshwar-shah-is-an-ideal-example-of-how-akhand-jyoti-is-changing-lives-of-the-underprivileged', 1, '<p align=\"justify\">Parmeshwar Shah, a resident of Sursar in Sitamarhi district of Bihar, had left farming several years ago. He lived a happy life with his family of two sons and two daughters, and a caring wife. His elder son was married and living separately with his wife.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Shah used to sell ice-cream on his bicycle and was earning a decent sum of Rs. 400 a day. His younger son and daughter were attending school. He was also able to save some money for the marriage of his eldest daughter.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Parmeshwar Shah_PO-11.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<h3 align=\"justify\">Two years ago, Shah\'s world turned upside down.</h3>\n<p align=\"justify\">His worst fears came true. He started developing cataracts. The clouding of the lens spread in both the eyes.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Soon he experienced total inability to see in the left eye and his vision on right eye was very low.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He started going out less and working for a reduced number of hours. He covered only a few lanes near his house and with great difficulty. This resulted in a huge loss as his income saw a sharp fall; it dropped to Rs. 50 a day.</p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">Things became worse in the last three to four months before his surgery.</h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">He completely stopped stepping out due to very poor vision. He could hardly walk. He was entirely dependent on his wife for food and other activities.</p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">His children dropped out of school for not being able to afford school fees, tuition fees and other related expenses.</h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">The family was surviving on the money that he had saved for the eldest daughter&rsquo;s wedding. But it was fast depleting, and cataracts were becoming the centre point of their lives.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Parmeshwar Shah_Po-12.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Shah&rsquo;s son brought him to our eye screening camp after hearing our awareness campaigns.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Parmeshwar Shah was screened at the eye camp and selected for cataract surgery to restore his sight. He was then taken to&nbsp;<a href=\"../../about-us\">Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;facility at Mastichak.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Treatment was started, and surgery was carried out in his left eye. He responded well and showed good signs of progress.</p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\">He left our hospital with a bright smile on his face and the determination to work harder to gain his lost ground.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Parmeshwar Shah_PO-9.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Truth be told, we could not have done this without the support of our patrons.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"http://sundewlabs.com/akhandjyoti/dev/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Parmeshwar Shah_PO-2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Together with your support, we can touch the lives of millions and make this mammoth task of eradication of curable blindness possible.</p>', '28f741d20382cfc1b4d93a8a13b74bc3-image.jpg', NULL, 'Parmeshwar Shah', '2018-12-25', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 3736, 'Story of Parmeshwar Shah | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'Parmeshwar Shah is an ideal example of how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is changing lives of the underprivileged in Bihar.', 'Read more', 'donation = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity. Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage. Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Parmeshwar Shah | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'best eye hospital, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'Parmeshwar Shah is an ideal example of how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is changing lives of the underprivileged in Bihar.', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 1, '2019-04-08 06:22:08', 3, '2019-09-11 10:21:00', 0);
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(9, 'Bihar’s First Specialized Paediatric Eye Care Unit', 'children-eye-care-akhand-jyoti', 1, '<h2>The current scenario - Astonishing facts and figures of blindness in Bihar</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Figures show <strong>1 out of 3 blind people in the world live in India</strong>. The number totals to about 15 million. Moreover, 2.4% of the population is plagued by <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>severe visual impairment</strong></a> - with people having cataract in one eye and those needing simple spectacles. Both the conditions can be resolved easily.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">The most affected people live in the low-income regions in India. <strong>Bihar being the poorest</strong> and most marginalized state, it <strong>is the worst hit with 700,000 blind and 4.3 million&nbsp;visually impaired people.&nbsp;100,000 additional people become blind each year</strong> due to aging. <strong>Cataract responsible for 83% of the blindness</strong>. Bihar has extremely low CSC (Cataract Surgical Coverage rate) &ndash; More than half the population DO NOT have access to cataract surgery. There are only a few eye hospitals and eye clinics in Bihar that provide comprehensive eye care to the people.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Around <strong>19 million people are visually impaired due to refractive error</strong>, the second largest cause of treatable blindness. A simple provision of spectacle can help them see better.</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">If studies are to be believed, 44% of the state&rsquo;s population are children and the ones with refractive errors are 456,000. In addition, <strong>50,000 children suffer from blindness</strong> that can be cured.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>What It Is Indicative Of</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">A World Health Organisation study predicts the cumulative&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">impact of blindness</a></strong>&nbsp;and visual impairment on India would reach <strong>$162 billion by 2020</strong>. This is indicative of poor social, economic, education and psychological health. It will lead to poverty which in turn will contribute to increased levels of blindness and further provoke existing poverty. The economic loss of productivity will also be significant.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>The Challenges</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">What adds to the sheer volume, poor infrastructure, illiteracy and poverty, is the lack of awareness along with trained personnel and inconsistent clinical standards in low-income regions like Bihar. They combine to become some of the biggest challenges of curing blindness and refractive correction in Bihar and that where the real difference needs to be made.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>Coming Forward for The Cause</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><a href=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</a></strong>&nbsp;started its journey with an awakening that there might be something more out there for us. We are inspired and passionate about uplifting others and we are glad we are being successful at our chosen path. With support from Orbis International, we have launched a&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.com/location-details/akhand-jyoti-eye-hospital-mastichak\" target=\"_blank\">specialised paediatric unit</a> for eyecare, the only one of its kind in Bihar.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti children eye care\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Together with Orbis, we are taking on that vision that we wrote for ourselves before starting this endeavour. We are answering the prayers of millions of parents and helping the children of Bihar live their life.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/7.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti child eye care\" width=\"502\" height=\"334\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/8.png\" alt=\"child eye hospital\" width=\"503\" height=\"335\" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Speaking on the occasion Bob Ranck, President &amp; CEO, Orbis International said,</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><em>Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is addressing two key issues in Bihar &ndash; building the state&rsquo;s capacity for quality eye care delivery and the social emancipation of girls by promoting their education. We are very glad to partner with Akhand Jyoti to reach the children of Bihar.</em></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<h2>The Game Changer - A first of its kind initiative</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Both Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital and Orbis share the commitment to take services to areas of need and reach the children of Bihar. The launch of Bihar&rsquo;s first Children&rsquo;s Eye Center is a culmination of that. Not only will it address the unmet need for quality child eye care services in the region but also help inch towards seeing a nation where no child is needlessly blind or visually impaired.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/9.png\" alt=\"child eye clinic\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" /></p>\r\n<p>Mr. Mritunjay Tiwary, Project Head and Executive Trustee, Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital said,</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><em>We firmly believe that irrespective of a person&rsquo;s capacity to pay, she/he should have access to world-class treatment. This initiative will contribute towards ensuring this. In the coming years, we hope to see every child in Bihar being able to access quality eye care services in their own community, regardless of their social or economic background.</em></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>The Future - Helping Children Live A New Reality</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">The institutions endorse that irrespective of a person&rsquo;s capacity to pay, he/ she deserves to have access to world-class treatment. In the coming years, they hope to see every child in Bihar being able to access quality eye care services in their own community, regardless of their social or economic background. Helping children write down their life the way that they want it to look like and live a reality that brings along with it the promise of a brighter tomorrow is their ultimate dream.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/1.png\" alt=\"child eye doctor\" width=\"502\" height=\"334\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/2.png\" alt=\"eye doctor for child\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">This initiative will contribute towards ensuring that and help the shift take over. It will provide comprehensive eye exam, superior quality treatment and proper post-operative care to identify or cure the condition that is plaguing the child&rsquo;s vision, without making his/her family shell out a fortune or run from pillar to post.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/3.png\" alt=\"eye clinic for child\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/4.png\" alt=\"children eye clinic\" width=\"503\" height=\"335\" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>Why Akhand Jyoti</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is committed to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\">eradicating curable blindness</a></strong>&nbsp;from children in Bihar and restore their lives. It addresses two key issues &ndash; building the state&rsquo;s capacity for quality eye care delivery and encouraging social emancipation of girls by promoting their&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../women-empowerment\" target=\"_blank\">education</a></strong>.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>Why Orbis</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"justify\">Orbis is a leading global non-profit organization and a pioneer in the prevention and treatment of blindness for over 3 decades. With its network of partners, it transforms lives, and mentors, trains and inspires local teams so they can save sight in their communities.</p>', '99019dcd444b700a59bb949f8f69acde-image.png', NULL, 'eye doctor bihar', '2019-05-04', 'Abhijit Gupta', 'children eye care,paediatric unit,child eye care unit', 4216, 'Bihar’s First Specialized Paediatric Eye Care Unit', 'Bihar\'s first children eye care unit launched by Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital with support from Orbis International. Partnering the vision of a better tomorrow and turning lives around.', 'Read More', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 16 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Bihar\'s First Children\'s Eye Center at Akhand Jyoti', 'eye hospital, eye clinic, child eye doctor, akhand jyoti', 'Bihar\'s first specialized children eye care unit launched by Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital in Saran. Click here to read all about facilities and services.', NULL, '', 1, NULL, 4, '2019-05-04 07:57:55', 4, '2022-11-04 05:18:34', 0),
(10, 'A Salute To The Biggest Gift Of The Universe', 'story-of-a-mother', 2, '<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: \'comic sans ms\', sans-serif;\"><strong>Mother\'s Day -&nbsp;</strong><em>A day that is a rightful celebration of the eternal love that we are blessed with - that knows no laws, no boundaries, no conditions&hellip;</em></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: \'comic sans ms\', sans-serif;\"><em>A day that honours motherhood and its influence throughout one&rsquo;s lifetime&hellip;</em></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As <strong>Mother&rsquo;s Day 2019</strong> sees the light of the day, we take this opportunity to celebrate the love of a mother. We rejoice in the glory of that purity and pledge to serve even better. We are proud of all the mothers who have broken stereotypes, gone out of their way and stood by their children in trying times.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The fact that we&rsquo;ve been able to help many such souls, bring to fruition their endeavours and lessen their struggles is a privilege and a source of joy for us.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\">Today, we bring you the story of Baby Devi, who conquered the world of darkness and despair with the personification of that divine, unconditional love by her side.</h3>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Story Featured Image.png\" alt=\"Mother\'s Day\" width=\"994\" height=\"662\" /></span></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Broken and in a state of shock, 57-year-old Baby Devi couldn&rsquo;t believe what had happened. Her life was affected in a way she had never imagined. <strong>Her husband had thrown her out of the house</strong>, without even batting an eyelid. The reason? Well, no prizes for guessing here!</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The housewife from Rajapur, Gopalganj, had <strong>lost her eyesight to cataracts</strong>. She was now a &lsquo;redundant piece of lump&rsquo; for her husband and his parents on whom she depended heavily. This invited their wrath, and they eventually got fed up of being her &lsquo;servant&rsquo;. The years of love, dedication and service that she had showered them with was now forgotten.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Baby Devi_PO-1.JPG\" alt=\"akhand jyoti patient\" width=\"1003\" height=\"668\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>The only person she could go to was her mother</strong>, and with great difficulty, she made it to her place. The old lady was alarmed to find her in such a condition. She was scared to think what kind of apathy her daughter must have been at the receiving end of. But she asked no questions.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Given the kind of societal rut they were stuck in, she knew well how her daughter must have been despised for her visual impairment and failing the duties that are unfortunately always associated with a woman. Besides, motherhood had taught her patience, positivity and facing the worst of situations like a warrior.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So <strong>she chose to fight and wasted no time to bail her daughter out from the ingratitude and cruelty</strong>. She promised herself to protect Baby, just like she did when the latter was a toddler, and not to give up until she found a way out.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sacrificing her own health, she slogged it out in the fields and spent long, extended hours to make ends meet. She looked after Baby without wanting anything in return. She shared her pain and motivated her daughter to rise above the tragedy and stand on her own feet.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Baby Devi_PO-4.JPG\" alt=\"akhand jyoti patient story\" width=\"438\" height=\"292\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Baby Devi_PO-2.JPG\" alt=\"cataract operation\" width=\"438\" height=\"292\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But the best part was yet to come. Even the clouds of darkness couldn&rsquo;t uphold their spell in front of the love and determination of a mother. Soon, Baby&rsquo;s mother found out <a href=\"../../unique-outreach-programs\" target=\"_blank\">about our camp</a>. She reached out to the co-worker who had undergone surgery at the <a href=\"../../about-us\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</a>. And, within a month, she had enough first-hand experience herself to share with her!</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She had <strong>brought Baby to our eye screening camp at the village</strong> and also to our <strong>Mastichak&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">eye care</a> facility at Saran</strong>. A <strong>left eye cataract surgery was carried out</strong>, and Baby was now on the road to recovery.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\">In Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s treatment and approach</a>, the duo found the concern, love and unconditional acceptance that could only be found in a mother&rsquo;s love. [That was perhaps one of the most fulfilling rewards in our humble journey.]</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>While going back to her home, Baby Devi said,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>My mother is my support. She is the person who retsored my hope and faith and now I will live my life with her. I would like to thank Akhand Jyoti for being a part of my life and help me see again.&nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Today, Baby Devi thanks the Almighty for blessing her with the greatest gift of the universe. She has learnt the futility of having blind faith in human values and that not everybody is capable of understanding the true meaning of love.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She has discovered that not everybody has the heart to shoulder responsibilities or stand by you when misfortune strikes. <strong>She now stays with her mother and feels confident and charged up to face the world.</strong></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;</p>', '1bb27988704ce454e31c78b8f6c7a84b-image.png', NULL, 'Mother\'s day 2019', '2019-05-11', 'Abhijit Gupta', 'mother\'s day,mother\'s day 2019,happy mother\'s day,story of a mother', 2922, 'A salute to the biggest gift of the universe', 'Celebrating the love that is sacred and unconditional. As Mother’s Day 2019 sees the light of the day, we take this opportunity to share a story of a mother who lighted up the life of her blind daughter.', 'Read the full story', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'The story of a mother that inspires', 'mothers day, mother\'s day 2019, story of a mother', 'This Mother\'s Day, read the story of a mother who lighted up the life of her blind daughter by helping her with a cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-05-11 06:39:33', 4, '2019-05-29 13:00:49', 0),
(11, 'Removing Blindness Of The Mind', 'removing-blindness-of-the-mind', 1, '<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/g1IMNVuAq4c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>One day while she was sleeping, he took a long, red cable and began to strangle her.&nbsp; She woke up, she resisted, tried to escape but in vain. She screamed and shouted, but no one came to help in the dead of night. Finally, he killed her.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Twin sisters Chhaya and Chhavi&rsquo;s grandma recollects. The horrific night of her daughter&rsquo;s death by strangulation!</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti story\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>The twins watched their mother die. They began to cry. He threatened to kill them too if they cried, or raised an alarm.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Their grandma shares with much pain.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>I don&rsquo;t remember that part of my childhood. What happened?&nbsp; How it happened.&nbsp; But a few memories come back to me. Sometimes when I am very hurt, I begin to remember and then I weep.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Chhaya tries to recollect the night her father killed her mother.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>When I see women being tortured in a movie, I feel helpless that I can&rsquo;t do anything about it. It brings back a lot of old memories.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Chhavi shares her thoughts on the painful memories of her childhood. Those etched by her torturous father.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Twin sisters Chhaya and Chhavi well understand the destructive realities of gender-based violence. This violence is inherent to conservative patriarchal societies in India, in a place like Bihar where they grew up.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Women/ girls in Bihar face considerable hardship and discrimination.&nbsp; They suffer in terms of right to education and employment.&nbsp; Child marriage, dowry, domestic violence, low female literacy rates are rampant here.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Poverty in Bihar.jpg\" alt=\"poverty in bihar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">At four years of age, the sisters saw their father strangling their mother to death. He did it because their mother wished to get her daughters educated, which he did not want.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">After this their maternal grandma Sunaina Devi took care of them.&nbsp; She fought tooth and nail to keep the twins at school, as their mother would have wished.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>She worked very hard to raise us, to educate us.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Chhavi acknowledges her grandmother&rsquo;s sacrifice.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_3.png\" alt=\"inspiring stories\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Chhaya adds,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Sometimes we wouldn&rsquo;t have much food at home. Grandma would stay hungry, but she&rsquo;d feed us. She stayed awake at night for us. She&rsquo;d say, &lsquo;You must study&hellip; you must study&hellip;</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>I kept sending them to school with whatever I could manage, but my financial condition kept deteriorating. I didn&rsquo;t know what to do.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Says Sunaina Devi.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_4.png\" alt=\"girls education in india\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">At this juncture in their lives, hope came through Akhand Jyoti. Both the girls enrolled with Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <strong><a href=\"../../women-empowerment\" target=\"_blank\">Gender Equality Programme</a></strong>. This initiative seeks to improve the life of a girl child. It offers girls education and career opportunities. This further helps the girls develop into role models and change agents in the local society.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/3.jpg\" alt=\"optometry course bihar\" width=\"1008\" height=\"563\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/4.jpg\" alt=\"optometry study\" width=\"1012\" height=\"571\" /></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Akhand Jyoti is not merely an eye hospital. It is a platform for affecting bigger societal change.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Says Mritunjay Tiwari, Executive Trustee and Founder, Akhand Jyoti.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_6.png\" alt=\"mritunjay tiwary\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Akhand Jyoti is doing over 65,000 cataract surgeries per year.&nbsp; It is working towards eradicating curable blindness from Bihar and other low-income regions.&nbsp; Further it is changing the lives of girls in rural Bihar.&nbsp; It is doing it by empowering and enabling women to earn an honourable livelihood.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/library.png\" alt=\"bihar education\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Mritunjay believes that,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>in a strong patriarchy like Bihar, you need a strong jolt to the community to let girls have their own way.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>He realised that,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>It was girls like Chhaya and Chhavi.&nbsp; They were very, very shy, who needed to be in the programme much more.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Both the girls came under the folds of Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <strong><a href=\"../../football-to-eyeball\" target=\"_blank\">&lsquo;Football to Eyeball&rsquo; programme</a></strong>.&nbsp; A programme, which helps to bridge the much widening gender divide in a male-dominated society.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/2.jpg\" alt=\"women football\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Mritunjay thought,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>It struck me, can we use football to draw girls out from their homes and then give them an alternative career?</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">The programme uses football as a medium to show the local society that traditional stereotypes can be overcome for the better. These stereotypes undermine opportunities for (particularly rural) girls.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_12.png\" alt=\"girls football\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>The equation was very simple with the parents. You allow her to play football, agree not to marry her before 21 years old, and we will sponsor the cost of her education, train her to be an optometrist or junior doctor (as referred to colloquially).</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">This was Mritunjay&rsquo;s simple plan.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Chhaya and Chhavi, gained much confidence from football.&nbsp; They also excelled in their formal training as optometrists. The girls have completed four years of rigorous training.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Chhaya today is in charge of the paediatric eye care unit at Akhand Jyoti, Mastichak hospital.</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya 2.png\" alt=\"eye hospital patna\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya 1.png\" alt=\"eye clinic patna\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Chhavi, has taken charge of the Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s School Screening Programme.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/chhavi 1.png\" alt=\"school screening programme\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/chhavi 2.png\" alt=\"paediatric blindness\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p align=\"justify\">On probing about their future dreams, Chhavi says,</p>\n<blockquote><br />\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><strong>Our biggest mission and vision is to eradicate blindness in Bihar.</strong></em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>Because it&rsquo;s not just about physical blindness, there&rsquo;s also blindness in their minds,&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>chimes Chhaya.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/chhaya.png\" alt=\"blindness in bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Both the girls have become confident, independent and are earning a respectable living.&nbsp; They are most happy to support their grandma, who inspired them so much and made them what they are today.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>Yes, changes will happen, yes, we can become role models, and yes, we can challenge patriarchies,</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">says Mritunjay.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We believe that eradicating curable blindness will help eliminate ignorance, illiteracy, and poverty.&nbsp; Empowering girls to become societal change agents will further help in reducing mental blindness from within these patriarchal communities.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Chhaya_Chhavi_14.png\" alt=\"women empowerment india\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As Mritunjay rightly says,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>Even the strongest proponent of patriarchy, his surgery can only be done on the signature and reference of girls like Chhaya and Chhavi.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>', '6d5bc843062b5bfebd6b5fbfd9dd0f3a-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti story', '2019-07-03', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 5864, 'Removing Blindness Of The Mind', 'Twin sisters Chhaya and Chhavi from the hinterlands of rural Bihar witnessed the epitome of domestic violence in a conservative society.  They were pulled through life by a determined and strong-willed grandma.  From being footballers by dawn to optometrists by day, their story portrays how Akhand Jyoti is breaking patriarchal stereotypes and bridging the gender gap in Bihar.', 'Read their full story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 10 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in nurturing our girls&rsquo; with dream become women with vision. Our girls come from the remotest and most backward regions of Bihar. They are trained to be footballers by dawn and optometrists by day. While football helps to break the barriers of silence among women in a patriarchal society, their training as an optometrist ensures a respectable career option.</p>\n<p>Your support empowers our girls. It educates and employs them to become organisational leaders and social change makers. Supporting our girls supports in making Bihar blind-free, thereby changing the future of Bihar &ndash; the future of India.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/support-a-girl-child', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '9', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-07-03 12:48:33', 4, '2019-07-05 09:06:42', 0),
(12, '30 Bed Surgical Eye Hospital Comes Up At Bihar And Uttar Pradesh Border', 'eye-hospital-ballia', 1, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>The need to be in Ballia</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>According to the census of 2011, there are <strong>77,754 visually impaired</strong> people in <strong>Ballia</strong>, <strong>86,886</strong> in <strong>Gazipur</strong> and <strong>52,943</strong> in <strong>Mau</strong>, in <strong>Eastern Uttar Pradesh</strong> (UP), India.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><em>Presently in 2019, we believe the affected population would have swelled up by over 20% as against the 2011 census data.</em></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Of the estimated <strong>15 million blind people in India</strong>, the majority live in the <strong>poorest 200 districts of the country</strong>, which are predominantly in the low-income regions.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/MAP-800X533PX.png\" alt=\"poorest places in India\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Ballia</strong> in <strong>Eastern Uttar Pradesh</strong> is one of India\'s poorest and most marginalised districts and consequently lags in all aspects of human well-being.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s Impact</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>For 13 years <a href=\"../../\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a> has been working relentlessly towards <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>eradicating curable blindness</strong></a> from low-income regions.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia patient 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>With <strong>1 tertiary centre at Mastichak</strong> (300 bed capacity surgical centre), <strong>1 secondary centre at Patna</strong> (30 bed capacity surgical centre), and <strong>7 primary vision centres</strong> (Across 7 Districts in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh), we have been doing over <strong><a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\">65,000 sight-restoring surgeries</a></strong>&nbsp;annually, of which <strong>80% are free</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia patient 1.png\" alt=\"cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Expand and Serve More</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>We at Akhand Jyoti have embarked on a journey to significantly expand our surgical capacity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>To extend our reach across <strong>South Western Bihar</strong> and <strong>Eastern Uttar Pradesh</strong>, we are establishing a physical presence at the heart of the areas that are currently underserved.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/AJ - Ballia - 800x533.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti ballia\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>As the next step towards expansion, on <strong>Saturday the 15th of June</strong> a brand new <a href=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.com/location-details/akhand-jyoti-eye-hospital-ballia\" target=\"_blank\">30 bed hospital</a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>(Akhand Jyoti Rajni Kant Centre)<strong>&nbsp;</strong>was <strong>launched at Ballia</strong>, with generous support from <strong>HT Parekh Foundation</strong> and <strong>CharityVision</strong>. This facility is an addition to the already existing Akhand Jyoti Rajni Kant Vision Centre at Ballia, which has been providing eye care to the people of the region since last five years.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Akhand Jyoti doctors and staff along with patients from the local community informally inaugurated the centre.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia 5.png\" alt=\"ballia eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/aa.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti ballia up\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>Later on, <strong>we plan to further expand this to a 100 bed tertiary centre</strong>, enabling us to provide eye care for different ophthalmic subspecialties such as <strong>Retina</strong>, <strong>Glaucoma</strong>, and <strong>Paediatric</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia hospital.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti ballia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This centre is strategically placed to provide quality eye care to the people of the four districts of <strong>Eastern Uttar Pradesh</strong> (Ballia, Gazipur, Mau, and Deoria) and the <strong>adjoining districts of Bihar</strong> (like Buxar, Rohtas, and Kaimur).&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/AJ - Eastern Up - Western Bihar - 800x533.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital ballia\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The new facility houses <strong>2 state-of-the-art operation theatres</strong>, an <strong>optical unit</strong> and <strong>spectacle showroom</strong>, and a <strong>pharmacy</strong> apart from all the regular features of a modern eye hospital.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia 1.png\" alt=\"ballia akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti ballia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ballia spectacle.png\" alt=\"spectacle bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>Our centre at Ballia will provide comprehensive, quality, accessible, and affordable eye care to the people of the region.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/eye check-up.png\" alt=\"eye check-up ballia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>It will act as a fulcrum of restoring sight in the neighbouring districts, eliminating the backlog of blindness.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Untitled design.png\" alt=\"blindness in bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>The proposed 100 bed tertiary centre at Ballia will enable us to:</strong></h2>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\r\n<li>Complete free <strong>eye and vision examination</strong> of about <strong>34,000 people</strong> through <strong>200 eye camps</strong> each year.</li>\r\n<li>Screen and prioritise <strong>20,000 plus cataract surgery</strong> for bilateral blind patients in the first 12 months.</li>\r\n<li>Conduct over <strong>55,000 surgeries</strong> over the next four years, eliminating curable blindness entirely in the 3 districts of Ballia, Ghazipur, and Mau.</li>\r\n<li>Conduct <strong>door-to-door screening</strong>, leading to the identification of people with serious ailments like <strong>glaucoma</strong> and <strong>diabetic retinopathy</strong>.</li>\r\n<li>Provide patients a <strong>free prescription</strong> and <strong>spectacles</strong> (if they want them) at cost price to Akhand Jyoti to correct refractive errors. The NPCB (National Programme for Control of Blindness) estimates that <strong>such errors account for 19.7% of blindness</strong>.</li>\r\n<li>Bring <strong>economic sustainability</strong> of people blinded by cataract, their relatives and caregivers, and the local community.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Our Partner Our Strength</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Akhand Jyoti is thankful to <strong>HT Parekh Foundation</strong> and <strong>CharityVision</strong> for supporting us in developing this new 30 bed tertiary surgical centre at Ballia.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/HTPF_CharityVision.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti partners\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This will help in eliminating curable blindness from South Western Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, while providing comprehensive, quality and affordable eye care to the people of the region.</p>', 'b313b427c506db9994332c7c8ddaaedb-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti eye hospital ballia', '2019-07-04', 'Suman Singh', '', 7728, '30 bed surgical eye Hospital comes up at Bihar And Uttar Pradesh border', 'On Saturday 15th June, Akhand Jyoti launched its brand new 30 bed hospital at Ballia. It is strategically placed to provide quality eye care to the people Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the adjoining districts of Bihar. This year the centre targets to do around 10,000 cataract surgeries.', 'Know More!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 16 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', '30 Bed Surgical Hospital at Bihar-UP Border', 'cataract surgery, blindness, akhand jyoti, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'The surgical eye hospital is strategically placed to provide quality eye care to the people of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the adjoining district of Bihar', NULL, '', 1, NULL, 4, '2019-07-04 07:53:55', 4, '2022-11-04 05:15:36', 0);
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(13, 'Restored Vision Thaws Frozen Dreams', 'helping-a-blind', 1, '<h3><strong>Tring, tring&hellip; tring, tring&hellip;</strong></h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every afternoon, the sound of a bicycle bell beckoned children into the narrow streets of Line Bazar village in Bihar.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Muharam_Miyan_Cycle_Bell.png\" alt=\"ice cream seller\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Energetic youngsters and wobbling toddlers run towards the chime. With a smile on their faces and few coins clenched in their fists the kids huddle around.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/miyan 5.png\" alt=\"restoring sight\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Me first&hellip; me first&hellip;,</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">chants the infant crowd.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Be patient&hellip; there&rsquo;s enough for everyone&rdquo;,</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">sounds a man from the epicenter of the chaos.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&rsquo;s Muharam Miyan, the local ice cream man. The sweltering summer months of April to July is the best time for his business.&nbsp; After all, selling ice cream to these kids is the only way to support his family; wife, three daughters, and five sons.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/miyan 4.png\" alt=\"sight restored\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like clockwork Muharam, his bicycle and homemade ice cream would appear every afternoon.&nbsp; Like the pied piper of Hamelin, his bell would draw out the children.&nbsp; It would be their cooling comfort during smoldering summer afternoons.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everything changed during the summer months of 2019.&nbsp; The very familiar bicycle bell did not resonate in the streets.&nbsp; Anxious children peeped through ajar windows only in vain.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alas, the ice cream man did not come&hellip; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being the sole bread earner in a family of ten can be risky. Muharam realised this as he lost his vision to cataract affecting both his eyes.&nbsp; Surmounting financial burden forced him to take his children out of school.&nbsp; His wife started to work as a daily wage labourer, to make ends meet somehow.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lively man, who used to spread happiness among children on the streets, became confined to his room. Sightless and helpless, he started spending his days dependent on others.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/miyan 1.png\" alt=\"helping blinds\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Like the ice cream in his vending pot&hellip; his DREAMS for existence FROZE too.&nbsp; </strong></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Muharam had lost all faith, one day some words of hope entered his ears.&nbsp; He heard an announcement made from an auto rickshaw about an eye camp being organised at his village.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muharam got up from his bed.&nbsp; Fumbling his way he placed his right ear in-between the iron bars of the open window in his room.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/auto.png\" alt=\"eye hospital in saran\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Come and get your eyes checked at the eye camp to be held at your village tomorrow, organised by Eastern India&rsquo;s largest Eye Hospital, Akhand Jyoti,</strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">were the words that entered his ear.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muharam&rsquo;s frozen dreams thawed.&nbsp; He summoned the courage and stumbled his way to the eye camp the next day. There he was diagnosed with <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>cataracts in both the eyes</strong></a> by <a href=\"../../unique-outreach-programs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s outreach team</strong></a>. Being affected with bilateral cataract, Muharam case was given high priority.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The very next day, Akhand Jyoti made arrangements to bring him to the Mastichak Hospital. After further examination by the doctors and proper counseling, Muharam&rsquo;s right eye was operated and he could see once again.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Akhand Jyoti has been the greatest blessing in our lives.&nbsp; I almost sent my sons to hunt for odd jobs to sustain the family.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shares Muharam with tears of joy after regaining vision in his right eye.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muharam was taken back to his village, a happy and contented man.&nbsp; As part of the patient monitoring process, Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s outreach team visited his village a few days later to follow up on his wellbeing.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team witnessed that Muharam had started to resell ice cream.&nbsp; He had regained the means to earn a livelihood. His children were back to school.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>I am so happy to be able to work again.&nbsp; Summer months are still here, it seems I can still make some money this season and continue my children&rsquo;s education.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An elated Muharam declares with joy.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muharam is presently overwhelmed with the quality eye care received from the compassionate clinical team at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital. He is eagerly waiting to return to get his left eye operated as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Once again the children on the streets of Line Bazar will hear the bell of the ice cream man.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Many smiles returned, much comfort bestowed and a livelihood restored, saving a family of ten.</p>', '15384ca4e148fa3e8b28aaf9a3ffe725-image.png', NULL, 'helping a blind', '2019-07-04', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 4678, 'Restored Vision Thaws Frozen Dreams', 'Read the heart touching story of a jolly ice cream street vendor; the sole bread earner of a family of 10 members. How he lost the means to earn his livelihood.  How he lost all hope until Akhand Jyoti intervened to restore his vision, thereby restoring his earning capacity.', 'Read full story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-07-04 11:09:09', 4, '2019-07-05 13:12:53', 0),
(14, 'A Little Bit Of Help Goes A Long Way', 'akhand-jyoti-youngest-donor', 1, '<blockquote>\r\n<p><strong><em>There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.</em></strong></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This famous quote of Hellen Keller&rsquo;s finds much fruition through the action of a <strong>9-year-old Hridaan Popuri of Singapore</strong>.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>A kid who sacrificed his birthday presents to gift eyesight to 2 unknown individuals from rural Bihar.</strong>&nbsp;</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A student of standard 3 of the Singapore American School in Singapore, Hridaan has always been moved by the plight of the lesser fortunate among us.&nbsp; This benevolence has also led him to be a part of the &lsquo;Care for Cambodia&rsquo; club at school.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/hridaan 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently Hridaan, accompanying his parents, attended Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s 1<sup>st</sup> overseas fundraising event in Singapore.&nbsp; It was really amazing to see that how a 9-year-old could be so deeply moved by the <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>plight of blind</strong></a> and indigent people in rural Bihar, in India &ndash; the country of his ancestral origin.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many philanthropists pledged and came forward with their contributions at the event. Hridaan&rsquo;s parents also came forward to provide support for 14 cataract surgeries.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Amidst these acts of goodness, Hridaans shy voice really touched everyone&rsquo;s heart &ndash;</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><strong>I too want to help someone get back his eyesight.</strong></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hridaan was thanked much and explained the ways, in which he could contribute, by members of <a href=\"../../\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a> team.&nbsp; He was much impressed with Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <a href=\"../../pledge-on-your-birthday\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&ldquo;Pledge on Your Birthday&rdquo;</strong></a> donation bucket.&nbsp; This donation bucket allows a potential donor to request his/ her birthday invitees, not to bring any gifts, but <a href=\"../../gift-someone-sight\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>donate</strong></a> an equal amount towards sight-restoring surgeries conducted by Akhand Jyoti.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Hridaan went on to donate his birthday gift money to support sight-restoring surgeries at Akhand Jyoti.&nbsp; </strong></h3>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/hridaan 3.png\" alt=\"donate for a cause\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong>There is much to learn from Hridaan&rsquo;s contribution.&nbsp; </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like money in itself has it&rsquo;s limitation in satisfying us. <strong>It&rsquo;s not because of the money, but because of what we can do with the money.</strong> That&rsquo;s what makes having it meaningful.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Our &lsquo;Why&rsquo; is what gives our money its true purpose. </strong>&nbsp;<strong>What we do with it makes all the difference.</strong>&nbsp; It&rsquo;s what makes having it and then spending it worthwhile.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In the end, it&rsquo;s not about how much money we make, but what we do with that money.</strong> We know the famous expression, which says money can&rsquo;t buy happiness. Yet, it&rsquo;s also important to know that it can be used to help someone address their basic needs. Like access health services, and pave pathways to their dreams. <strong>It can light up lives by restoring hope and rekindling faith.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>So the pathway to finding great happiness through spending your money, is to make sure it helps others. </strong>Hridaan has found this out at a very early age, which is why we believe that his money and happiness will always compound in life.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here we really appreciate the efforts of his parents in nurturing <strong>the seed of &lsquo;helping others&rsquo;</strong> in his tender mind.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/hridaan 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He understands that the happiness of others is our happiness, and so is the pain. This is because we are all connected.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Can you feel that connection?</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So let&rsquo;s support our fellow brothers and sisters, the hard working rural men and women, alienated from many basic necessities in life, the hungry, the lost, and the blind. Let&rsquo;s value their work and existence, and support each other&rsquo;s vision. A little help can go a long way.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Your support would put us one step closer in attaining our goal to make Bihar blind-free by 2022, in our efforts to&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">eradicate curable blindness</a> from low-income geographies.</strong></h4>', '660d8efe441c54f2900f1ca153d6f695-image.jpg', NULL, 'akhand jyoti donor', '2019-07-05', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 2451, 'A Little Bit Of Help Goes A Long Way', '9 year old Hridaan Popuri studying at standard 3 from Singapore is a youngster with a mighty benevolent heart.  Hridaan’s compassion was so moved by our cause, that recently he donated his sole savings from his piggy bank to gift eyesight to two of our patients.', 'Read More', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 16 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '8', 1, NULL, 4, '2019-07-05 07:39:23', 4, '2022-04-14 09:46:09', 0),
(15, 'Swasth Drishti Abhiyan', 'swasth-drishti-abhiyan', 1, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In Bihar, 4,56,000 Children suffer from refractive errors.</strong> 7 in 10 school-going children have an eye problem.&nbsp;The rural child is worst affected. More than 80% of these children population have never had an eye checkup in their lifetime.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/3215f9901b9a2cd6aca8b24a133a3286-image.png\" alt=\"children eye care\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akhand Jyoti with support from its longstanding partner Orbis International is working towards making their eyes fit; fit to learn, fit to play, and fit to succeed.&nbsp;</h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visual impairment in children is more devastating and disabling than adult-onset blindness. Due to a child&rsquo;s longer lifespan, they suffer more when compared to an adult with similar problems.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/1 (3).png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This leads to discrimination and isolation of the child.&nbsp;The kid also loses equal opportunities in childhood.&nbsp;Further, the family&rsquo;s wellbeing deteriorates. <strong>When a child&rsquo;s vision malfunctions; education and participation in play suffers.</strong> Hence good vision is the key for children to succeed in school. This enables the next generation to blossom to its potentials.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A simple prescription eyeglass can not only correct vision but enhance the learning capacity of a child.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Photo 5.png\" alt=\"kid eye problem\" width=\"374\" height=\"249\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/photo 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"374\" height=\"249\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/3 (2).png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"378\" height=\"252\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/4 (1).png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"377\" height=\"251\" /></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Children do not complain of defective vision and may not even be aware of the problem. However genuine complains are many a time ignored by the parents, due to widespread ignorance and illiteracy. This warrants early detection and treatment to prevent permanent disability.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school photo 9.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bihar is the least literate state in the country.</strong> Further, there is a grave dearth of eye care providers in rural areas of the state. This demotivates parents to travel great distances to access eye care services for their children. On top of this, parents are not able to take their child to a doctor, as it would mean sacrificing a day&rsquo;s earning because they are mostly agrarians and daily wage earners.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bihar has the lowest GDP per capita in the country.</h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state lags in all aspects of poverty, health, education, and human wellbeing.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bihar being a very densely populated state in India</strong>, door-to-door screening is not feasible. School screening is the best way to reach out to and identify children having eye problems.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akhand Jyoti with support from Orbis International is on a mission to screen school-going kids in rural Bihar to correct their vision and give them an opportunity in life.</h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"299\" height=\"199\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"299\" height=\"199\" /></p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every day our school screening team screens around 500 kids, 6 days a week.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school photo 2.png\" alt=\"school children bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A child detected with vision impairment is provided spectacle or required surgical intervention completely free of cost.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme also generates awareness about the problem among the teachers and parents.&nbsp;This inspires them to take part in addressing vision impairment in children.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 1st 11 months (August 2018 &ndash; July 2019),&nbsp; <strong>the programme has screened 51,177 children covering 131 schools.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through it further, <strong>930 spectacles have been distributed and 396 surgeries performed.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school photo 1.png\" alt=\"school screening children\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/school 7.png\" alt=\"bihar school\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every year we intend to screen 200,000 children in rural Bihar.</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Your solidarity to and advocacy for our programme is most crucial to us in reaching this goal.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ADVOCATE | SHARE | DONATE</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Help a kid see better today&hellip;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">and secure the nation&rsquo;s future tomorrow.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>#SwasthDrishtiAbhiyan</strong></p>', '3215f9901b9a2cd6aca8b24a133a3286-image.png', NULL, 'child eye care', '2020-03-13', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 280, 'Swasth Drishti Abhiyan', 'A campaign to restore the sight of school-going children in rural Bihar.', 'Read More', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/school-screening', 'Swasth Drishti Abhiyan | | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'school students, eye care, children eye care, cataract surgery', 'The largest campaign to screen school going children in India. This initiative of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is restoring sight of rural children in Bihar.', NULL, '8,6', 1, NULL, 4, '2019-09-05 11:58:18', 4, '2020-03-16 06:16:51', 2),
(16, 'A Shattered Dream Restored', 'a-shattered-dream-restored', 1, '<blockquote>\n<p><em>During my first year of college, I consulted a doctor after having some health problems. Hearing his prognosis shattered my dreams and completely changed my life.</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- Reflects Ranee Singh with tear-filled eyes. &nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>The doctor had told Ranee that she would never be able to conceive.</strong>&nbsp; This led to a chain of events in her life, which took her through some very rough waters.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Since childhood Ranee dreamt of gaining recognition by contributing to society.&nbsp; She craved for a job, which would allow her to help others. She wanted to be a social worker. <strong>She was in college pursuing that dream&hellip; and then one day it all shattered.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee picture 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Ranee belongs to a patriarchal society in Bihar. Here arranging the marriage for a girl unable to conceive, can be difficult. Worried with this thought, Ranee&rsquo;s parents started looking for a groom for her. A person who would accept her in this condition.&nbsp; After much search, a potential match came forward.&nbsp; A widower with 2 children from an earlier marriage agreed.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Ranee felt guilty of causing so much trouble for her parents. She blamed herself for the unnecessary tension she had brought in their lives. <strong>She had to solve this, had to let go of her studies and agree to marry.</strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Ranee got married and thought that her troubles were over. <strong>Then, after 2.5 years of marriage, her husband got murdered.</strong> After her husband&rsquo;s death, Ranee had no clue, no perspective whatsoever about how to live. How to get her life back on track? She did not know where her life headed. What was she supposed to do? On top of all this, her in-laws became indifferent. They did not want her in their lives anymore.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>At this juncture in her life, Ranee&rsquo;s parents came to know about&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti</a></strong> through her uncle. How, it was working towards <a href=\"../../our-impact\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>eradicating curable blindness</strong></a> from Bihar. While doing so how it was helping rural underprivileged girls carve out a bright future.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Photo ranee 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Photo ranee 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Photo ranee 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" /><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Photo ranee 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"273\" height=\"182\" /></p>\n<p>4.3 million people are estimated to be visually impaired in Bihar. The state has a backlog of <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>7,00,000 blind people</strong></a>. Further, 100,000 people add to this number every year, cataract being the primary cause. 85% of these people can&rsquo;t afford medical treatment.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><a href=\"../../about-us\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a> has been addressing this problem by performing over 65,000 sight-restoring surgeries annually.&nbsp; 80% of these surgeries are free of cost for underprivileged and indigent patients. So far, the hospital has helped impact more than 12 million people in low-income regions.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>So while addressing this eye problem was it possible to attack the deep-rooted gender inequality in society? Was it possible to bring in a bigger societal change? A solution came forward as the &lsquo;<strong><a href=\"../../football-to-eyeball\" target=\"_blank\">Football to Eyeball Programme</a></strong>\'. It is a part of the larger &lsquo;<a href=\"../../women-empowerment\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gender Equality Programme</strong></a>&rsquo; for girls. Akhand Jyoti used football to initiate girls and help them come out of the households.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The parents simply had to allow their daughter to stay at Akhand Jyoti and play football. The hospital would take care of their entire education and accommodation. It would further train them as qualified optometrists. Following the completion of their course, the girls got employed at the hospital.&nbsp; Further, they may rise through leadership levels and emerge as social change agents.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Ranee came to Akhand Jyoti looking for any kind of job. She was encouraged to join the &lsquo;Gender Equality Programme&rsquo; and train as an optometrist. From the very beginning, she knew that she had to work harder than others.&nbsp; Mainly because of her poor English and for the fact that she had left her studies.&nbsp; She emerged as one of the hardest workers. Picked up the ropes and passed her course with flying colours.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee picture 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Presently Ranee leads the operation theater at Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s base hospital at Mastichak, Bihar.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee picture 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ranee picture 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h2>She earns a handsome living and contributes to society.</h2>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Though she can never have a child of her own, yet she has emerged as a mother-figure to many of the younger girls adopted by Akhand Jyoti.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Today Ranee shares with much joy</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>After coming to Akhand Jyoti, I found a purpose for my life. The school time dream I had, of becoming a social worker came true at Akhand Jyoti.</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '77c38b011963b60969347a599cb1ec37-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti girls program', '2019-09-07', 'Khushi Srivastava', '', 4844, 'A Shattered Dream Restored', 'The saga of Ranee, traces the aspirations and tribulations of a girl who found back her dreams after losing it all.  It is a testament to the strong will power which flickers inside every woman.', 'Read Her Story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 10 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in nurturing our girls&rsquo; with dream become women with vision. Our girls come from the remotest and most backward regions of Bihar. They are trained to be footballers by dawn and optometrists by day. While football helps to break the barriers of silence among women in a patriarchal society, their training as an optometrist ensures a respectable career option.</p>\n<p>Your support empowers our girls. It educates and employs them to become organisational leaders and social change makers. Supporting our girls supports in making Bihar blind-free, thereby changing the future of Bihar &ndash; the future of India.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Support a girl child', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/support-a-girl-child', 'Ranee\'s story at Akhand Jyoti | Helping a Girl', 'akhand jyoti, women empowerment, helping a girl, girls education', 'Click here to read the life changing story of Ranee at Akhand Jyoti - the organisation that is helping rural underprivileged girls in Bihar, India.', NULL, '9', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-09-07 05:30:18', 4, '2019-09-19 11:57:43', 0),
(17, 'Guddu Gets Over His Grief', 'guddu-gets-over-his-grief', 1, '<blockquote>\n<p><em>I have given birth to Guddu, but Akhand Jyoti has given my son a new life</em>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- Sounds straight out of a melodramatic film? Well, it\'s a scene from the movie called \'life\', and the characters are very much real.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>8-year-old Guddu\'s mother neither knew what was to be done or how it could be done.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Guddu 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The family had tripled in the last few years. Running the household had gotten tougher with each passing day. There was rarely enough food on the table. <strong>Adding to that was Guddu\'s blindness and a cloud of depression.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>There was no end to Guddu&rsquo;s grief.&nbsp;</h2>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>He was <strong>born with juvenile cataracts in both of his eyes</strong> and gradually <strong>lost his vision</strong>. Neither did he ever complain, nor did his parents know about his visual impairment. Teachers at school first identified the problem and informed his parents that he needed special care. They recommended getting his vision rectified before continuing with his schooling. The family couldn&rsquo;t afford treatment. Thus ended Guddu&rsquo;s education just after it had started.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>He was taken out of the school and remained at home.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Guddu seldom played, interacted or stepped out of the house. He chose to live in isolation and entirely depended on his mother. His mother often worried that the condition would scar her child forever.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>A small operation could put an end to Guddu\'s ordeal.</strong> It could counter the child\'s visual impairment. It could stop it from threatening to plague his childhood, and perhaps his entire life. It would also keep the parents\' despair and helplessness at bay.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Hailing from the underprivileged rungs of rural society, <strong>Guddu&rsquo;s parents neither had the means or the knowhow to access eye treatment</strong> for their child.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Further, <strong>there were no eye care facilities</strong> in or around their village.&nbsp; To access such treatment they would have to travel to the nearest city, which meant sacrificing a day&rsquo;s earning and travelling for many hours.</p>\n<h2>The fear of a doomed tomorrow loomed large on the horizon.</h2>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Guddu 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Akhand Jyoti happened to us when we were least expecting it. We had lost all hope and thought our son would have to pay the price for our poverty</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- says Guddu\'s father.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>It seemed unreal when he first heard the announcement about <a href=\"../../\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a> organising an eye camp in their village.&nbsp; However, when he reached the camp on the mentioned day and time, he heaved a sigh of relief.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Both the parents were happy when they were offered surgery for Guddu.</strong> They had \'nothing to give\' they sceptically told the staff. <strong><em>\"We want nothing in return,\"</em></strong> replied the Akhand Jyoti optometrists checking Guddu.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A couple of weeks later, <strong>it was time for Guddu&rsquo;s surgery.</strong> His mother accompanied him to Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s base hospital at Mastichak, where he underwent an operation of the left eye. <strong>His surgery was successful</strong> and he recovered with restored vision in his left eye.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Thus ended Guddu&rsquo;s grief&hellip;</h2>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Guddu 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Now, after the operation in March, Guddu is looking towards a brighter future.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This year is special for us</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- says the happy parents.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>They flash a broad smile while their eyes well up. They shed tears of joy when they see their son showering love to his siblings. <strong>They feel overjoyed when they find him playing with children of his age.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The parents are cherishing every bit of this reality. They\'re now saving up to send Guddu and his siblings to the nearby school. They hope to admit them soon.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '1b525a41ce8348594273fe5b625ac5ea-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti', '2019-09-10', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 4769, 'Guddu Gets Over His Grief', '8 year old child fumbled due to blindness, did not go to school, unable to play with his own siblings, lived a life of isolation, while his parents shed helpless tears.  Until Akhand Jyoti intervened…', 'Read full story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/school-screening', 'Story of Guddu | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'helping a child, charity organisation, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'Read the story of 8 year old child fumbled due to blindness, lived a life of isolation, while his parents shed helpless tears.  Until Akhand Jyoti intervened…', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-09-10 11:38:58', 4, '2019-09-19 11:45:41', 0),
(18, 'Surgery Restores Fruit Seller’s Livelihood', 'surgery-restores-fruit-sellers-livelihood', 2, '<blockquote>\n<p><em>2 apples for Rs. 20, half a dozen Bananas for the same</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- shouts a cheerful fruit seller.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>His stall is set outside the main gate of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</strong> in Mastichak, Bihar. Patients, their family members, hospital staff, villagers and even doctors frequent this stall.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sujan shah 4.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Business is good for 57-year-old Sujan Shah who sells fruits with newfound confidence. The dark glass covering his eyes reveals that he recently had cataract surgery. <strong>With his renewed vision he can perfectly weigh the fruits on his hand-held weighing scale</strong> &ndash; his customers are satisfied.&nbsp;He can clearly see so no one can cheat him by paying less &ndash; he is satisfied.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>However Sujan&rsquo;s fruit selling days were not always this satisfying.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A few months back he had nearly give up this sole mean of earning. He was losing his vision to cataract in both eyes. Many of his customers were taking advantage of this. They were cheating him by paying less. He could not see, could not be sure, and could not complain. He had to pack up his fruit stall spending uncertain days fumbling in darkness within the four walls of his house.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Losing eyesight meant a ton of difficulties.</h3>\n<p>Things such as handling money, weighing goods, transporting wear &ndash; all became nearly impossible.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sujan shah 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Selling fruits helped him sustain his family of 6. Losing eyesight meant losing the means to earn. <strong>His entire life got affected.</strong> The cataract restricted his mobility. It hindered him from even performing very basic daily chores. His only son and daughter-in-law left him and his wife, as he was unable to earn any more.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Luckily selling fruits outside Eastern India&rsquo;s largest eye hospital turned out to be advantages. <strong>Sujan got the opportunity to get his eyes screened at one of Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s eye camps.</strong> Being diagnosed with bilateral cataract his case got priority. His right eye got operated free of cost.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sujan shah 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Once again he could see.</h4>\n<h4>Once again he could live a normal life.</h4>\n<h4>Once again he could earn a livelihood and sustain his family.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Now after surgery, Sujan is back to selling fruits outside the hospital.</strong> He weighs the goods and transacts money with much ease.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Dare anyone cheat him now?</strong></p>\n<p>He sees everything with his operated right eye through a pair of dark glasses. In a month he would not even require them anymore.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sujan shah 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>&lsquo;The Thankful Fruit Seller&rsquo;</strong> now realises that undergoing a cataract surgery it not that a big deal.</p>\n<p>Sujan plans to get his left eye also operated very soon.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>He says,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Akhand Jyoti is the house of God for me; it has blessed me with eyesight. I would always remain thankful.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s work of providing sight to a person like Sujan in low-income regions is not only about restoring vision, it is tantamount to providing hope, dignity and most importantly restoring their incomes thereby helping them get back to mainstream society for livelihood earning.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', 'd2fb479277cf49e50ef81dacbfd25c1e-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti eye hospital', '2019-11-11', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 2640, 'Surgery Restores Fruit Seller’s Livelihood', 'Read how Sujan Shah’s fruit selling days nearly came to an end and how Akhand Jyoti helped restored his livelihood.', 'Read full story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Sujan Shah | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'cataract surgery, blindness, akhand jyoti, akhand jyoti eye hospital', 'Read how Sujan Shah’s fruit selling days nearly came to an end and how Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital helped restored his livelihood through a cataract surgery', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2019-11-11 08:00:52', 4, '2019-11-11 08:51:27', 0);
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(19, 'The Abandoned Daughter Becomes The Caregiver', 'story-of-priya-akhand-jyoti', 2, '<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti education\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" /></p>\n<p>Eighteen years ago her father Baban left them to settle with another woman in an alluring city. Following this Priya\'s mother, Pushpa along with her daughters were forced out of the house by her in-laws. Priya&rsquo;s grandma played a major part in throwing them out.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>They had to return to Pushpa\'s parent\'s home. They became homeless once again after a few years when Pushpa\'s parents died, and her elder brother&rsquo;s newly wedded wife forced them out of the house.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><em>Bihar is a highly patriarchal society, where women / girls face considerable hardship and discrimination, in terms of rights to education and employment.&nbsp; Child marriage, dowry, domestic violence, low female literacy rates are rampant here.</em></p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>\n<p><em>It is well documented that removing gender-based discrimination and improving gender parity will be key to pulling up low-income states like Bihar.</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Life of an abandoned woman in patriarchal rural Bihar can be very challenging.</strong> Facing such challenges, Pushpa reconstructed her life.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Living in a tiny rented single room, she gave tuition to earn a livelihood. She got her daughters educated and Priya completed standard ten.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Pushpa, however, knew that her daughters needed a better future.</strong> Hope came into their lives through good news from local girl Vandana. She told them about&nbsp;<a href=\"../../women-empowerment\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti\'s education and empowerment programme</a> for underprivileged girls.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>In February 2015, Priya enrolled for the three-year \'Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques\' (DOT) course</strong>, which is a part of the &lsquo;Gender Equality Programme&rsquo;<strong>.</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/11.png\" alt=\"optometry course\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" /></strong></p>\n<p><em>Under this programme the </em><em>girls are provided with free full boarding; education, vocational training and formal academic qualification as an Optometrist; employment; and finally, an opportunity for a better quality of life.</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><em>As part of the &lsquo;Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques&rsquo; course s</em><em>tudents are taught comprehensive screening of patients for eye issues, identify error of refraction and to prescribe glasses. They are also taught to do primary eye examinations for other advanced issues such as cataract, glaucoma, and pediatric disorders, which enable ophthalmologists to further examine and treat the patients.</em></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>After three years of rigorous training, in June 2019 Priya appeared for her final (3<sup>rd</sup> year) examination and passed with flying colours.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Today she is gainfully employed at Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s base hospital at Mastichak as a qualified optometrist</strong>, contributing to the Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">blindness eradication efforts</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Initially, Priya was quiet shy and hesitant.&nbsp; To break this barrier of silence among women and curb gender discrimination in a strong patriarchal society like Bihar, Akhand Jyoti has initiated it&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"../../football-to-eyeball\" target=\"_blank\">Football to Eyeball</a>&rdquo; programme, since 2009.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Priya started playing football for fun.&nbsp; Her association with the game positively changed her personality.&nbsp; Her regular participation in extracurricular activities with classmates, such as self-defense training, dancing, art etc., helped her a great deal to emerge out of her shy cocoon.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 9.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti education\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 8.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti library\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" /></p>\n<p><strong>Priya\'s story took an interesting turn one fine day when she was examining patients at the hospital.</strong> This was a part of her 3rd-year-course curriculum.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>An elderly lady walks up to her examination console. This lady was accompanied by a middle-aged man.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>It took a few minutes for Priya to gather her thoughts and realise that <strong>the gentleman was none other than her father. </strong>She remembered him from an old photo.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Recollecting that moment Priya says,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>My father who had abandoned me as a child, was now about to seek medical assistance from me for my grandmother, who had forced me and mother out of the house. </em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Her initial feelings were that of hatred and disgust. <strong>At first, she thought that this cruel lady should not get back her sight.</strong> She was being rightly punished for her misdeeds.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>On deeper inner retrospection, <strong>Priya remembered the lesson of good values she had picked up at Akhand Jyoti.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The core values of <strong>being compassionate</strong>, <strong>showing respect</strong> and <strong>being committed</strong> no matter what.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Overcoming the bitterness in her heart, she took care of her grandmother.</strong> Not revealing her true identity she performed the processes to get her grandmother\'s cataract operated.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>She took extra effort while her grandma was at the hospital.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>In the end after regaining her sight, both grandma and her father thanked and blessed her for helping them so much. They did this without knowing who she was.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Priya Ojha 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Priya did not utter a single word. She says,&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>I knew that I had championed hatred with love and compassion.</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><a href=\"../../about-us\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti</a>&nbsp;had not only churned a lady out of an underprivileged and abandoned girl but had instilled love where there was hatred.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Nurturing a woman of compassion, who would positively contribute to the holistic development of her community, her nation, and the larger humankind.</p>\n<h4>&nbsp;</h4>\n<h4>In future Priya wishes to help her mother financially and support her younger sister&rsquo;s education.&nbsp; Her dream is to head one of Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s vision centres one day.</h4>', 'dff743977bd35c4f8b52b0d75450cf6f-image.png', NULL, 'priya ojha akhand jyoti', '2020-01-20', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 3335, 'The Abandoned Daughter Becomes The Caregiver', 'Abandoned at the age of three along with her younger sister and mother, Priya\'s story seems straight out of a novel.', 'Read Her Story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 10 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in nurturing our girls&rsquo; with dream become women with vision. Our girls come from the remotest and most backward regions of Bihar. They are trained to be footballers by dawn and optometrists by day. While football helps to break the barriers of silence among women in a patriarchal society, their training as an optometrist ensures a respectable career option.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Your support empowers our girls. It educates and employs them to become organisational leaders and social change makers. Supporting our girls supports in making Bihar blind-free, thereby changing the future of Bihar &ndash; the future of India.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Support a girl child!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/support-a-girl-child', 'Story of Priya Ojha | Akhand Jyoti', 'women empowerment, girl empowerment, helping a girl child', 'Abandoned at the age of three along with her younger sister and mother, Priya\'s story seems straight out of a novel. Read full story!', NULL, '9,5', 2, NULL, 4, '2020-01-20 06:37:32', 4, '2020-01-21 05:16:32', 0),
(20, 'Feeding The Needy Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic', 'feeding-the-needy-amidst-covid-19-pandemic', 1, '<p>Like the ripples of a stone thrown in a pond, the scourge of CoronaVirus has now travelled to most corners of the inhabited Earth. After 6 months of, one of humanities toughest struggles for survival, with 3.36 Million confirmed cases, more than 239K lives have been lost globally. Never before has humanity been so unanimously affected in recorded history.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>However, COVID-19 shall not be the epitaph of human life on Earth. Humanity is fighting back. Constant testing, relentless search for vaccines and medication, various lockdown measures, technological innovations are all proving vital in a global response to fight against this pandemic.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s core operational area, the Indian state of Bihar has been affected too. Though the official figure of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 2nd May 2020 for Bihar remain at 471, of which 3 are deceased, the real picture might be much more alarming in a state of 113 Million people (as per 2011 census). With more than 80% of the state population living in villages and non-urban remote areas, it is very difficult to accurately ascertain the spread of the disease.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>One thing is very certain though &ndash; the adverse economic impact on the livelihoods of millions living in the rural hinterlands of the state. Apart from its toll on health and human life, COVID-19 has severely crippled the global economy. The people of Bihar are gravely affected too, specially the poor and underprivileged, those living in the rural landscapes &ndash; the daily wage earners, landless labourers, and petty farmers. Especially the elderly. A nationwide Lockdown has taken away the capacity of the people to earn and feed themselves. 80% of Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s patients hail from this section of the populace.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>So, when COVID-19 took away the means of livelihood of thousands of villagers, Akhand Jyoti took on the challenge to feed 1,00,000 such needy people in 100 days, through an initiative christened &lsquo;The Food Express&rsquo;. Mritunjay Tiwary, Founder Trustee of Akhand Jyoti, has been personally sending out 500 food packets each day to feed hungry villagers since then.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Beneficiaries for the food packets in Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s catchment areas in Bihar are identified through block and police officials, so that the neediest get these packets containing rice and flour. Akhand Jyoti staff relentlessly prepare the packets and venture into the village to distribute the packets every day.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Since the 30th of March till 2nd May, under this initiative, already 10,000 food packets have been handed over to 10,000 families.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Now you can help feed the hungry too during this time of crisis. It just takes INR 76 or USD 1 to feed (2 meals) a family of 4 for a day. Donate online today and partner with Akhand Jyoti to feed the needy during the COVID-19 crises.</p>', '8ac302a6e7fe78f33b2dac1116f707ff-image.png', NULL, 'Covid 19 relief', '2020-05-04', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 1698, 'Feeding The Needy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic In Bihar', 'Akhand Jyoti has been distributing food packets to poor needy families in the community since the outbreak of the COVID-19 and has pledged to feed 100,000 such people in the next 100 days. You too can support to help the needy.', 'Read More', 'You can help feed poor families in need', '<p>The CoronaVirus (COVID-19) crisis has resulted in many poor Biharis, including migrant workers, struggling for two square meals a day. Akhand Jyoti has been distributing food packets to such needy families in the community since the outbreak of the COVID-19 and the lockdown mandated by the government. The beneficiaries in our catchment areas in Bihar are identified through block and police officials so that the most needy get these food packets containing rice, flour, pulses, some jaggery and mustard oil.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Akhand Jyoti has pledged to feed 100,000 such people in the next 100 days. Please help us fulfil our pledge. While the country is in lockdown, with your support, we are committed to put extraordinary efforts to ensure supply of food packets to the needy families. Rs 76 feeds a family of four for a day!</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-food-express', 'Feeding The Needy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Bihar', NULL, 'Akhand Jyoti\'s \'The Food Express\' - giving meals to poor families in Bihar during this COVID-19 menace. Rs 76 can feed a family of 4 four a day. Support now!', NULL, '11', 1, NULL, 4, '2020-05-06 07:32:20', 4, '2020-05-06 07:34:40', 0),
(21, 'My Children… A Curse Or Blessing?', 'my-children-a-curse-or-blessing', 1, '<p>The Noble Laurette Rabindranath Tagore once said that</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>&ldquo;Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of men.&rdquo;</em></strong> &nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Through this famous quote perhaps the great bard wants to encourage us to love and welcome children in our lives. Consider them as a blessing.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>However, what if you were a blind mother</strong> from the bottom-most economic rungs of the society?</p>\n<p>What if your <strong>only income source was a paralytic husband</strong> who somehow managed to make <em>bidis</em> in a cramped shanty?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>What if<strong> you had not 1 but 11 children?</strong></p>\n<p>And what if<strong> 5 of them were blind from birth?</strong></p>\n<h3>&nbsp;</h3>\n<h3><strong>Would you still consider children to be a blessing&hellip;?</strong></h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>50-year-old Musharat Khatoon is such a mother from Sathmalpur village of Samastipur district of Bihar.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h3><strong>Being poor was not her only curse.</strong></h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A <strong>paralytic husband</strong> and <strong>5 blind children</strong> topped her misery. To make matters worse, starting some 2 years back, Musharat herself became blind due to cataracts in both of her eyes.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Prior to her blindness, she used to manage a bit of earning as a hired farmhand. Blindness took that away too. The worst was that <strong>she could not take care of her &lsquo;Blind 5&rsquo; anymore</strong>.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3><strong>5 blind children, a blind mother, and a paralytic father wobbled and fumbled in a ramshackle shanty. </strong></h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Like a reality horror show they tried to survive in a dark and disabled world. </strong>Time and again Musharat had to call 1 of her 2 married daughters to take care of her and blind children. Sometime the daughters came, sometimes she would have to fend for herself.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>All hope seemed lost, till one day Musharat heard an announcement, while lying desperate and hopeless in her bed. She heard that Eastern India&rsquo;s largest Eye Hospital, Akhand Jyoti was organising a free eye camp in her village. <strong>That the hospital would do free eye surgeries for the needy. </strong>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>In elation with a sudden spark of hope, </strong><strong>Musharat twisted and fell from her bed, she crawled towards her main door and flung it open with a &lsquo;thud&rsquo; to listen more clearly to an announcement that seemed completely surreal. </strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Her neighbours and bystanders quickly came to lift her up. They made her sit on the threshold. She calmed down and listened more attentively.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Yes, it was true&hellip; after all there might be a way to defeat her blindness.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>She went to the village eye camp the next day, where Akhand Jyoti doctors gave her highest priority identifying her as a bilateral cataract patient. However, nothing could be done for her 5 children, who were born blind and could never see in their lifetime.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Following the diagnosis, <strong>Musharat was brought to Akhand Jyoti base hospital at Mastichak where her left eye was successfully operated completely free of cost</strong>, after which she was dropped back home.</p>\n<p><br /> On a follow-up visit to Musharat&rsquo;s house, Akhand Jyoti team members found an overactive Musharat running about taking care of her children, cooking, cleaning, and doing other household chores. She had even resumed her old job as a farmhand and was earning a bit to manage the family better.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 7.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Now the question remains&hellip; are her children a blessing? Or are they a curse? We do not know that, but certainly know that Musharat now has the capacity (with her renewed vision) to take care of her children and decide on that. </strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Musharat Khatoon-Image 8.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>According to WHO &amp; IAPB Vision 2020</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Cataract Surgery is one of the most cost-effective, safest and fastest healthcare interventions to restore livelihoods and uplift the poor from poverty.&rdquo; </em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Today with the looming dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more important than ever to look into ways to ensuring peoples livelihood&hellip;</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Today more than ever cataract surgery remains as an important and precisely effective tool to fight poverty.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Today more than ever we need to help mother&rsquo;s like Musharat fight curable blindness, so than as humans we may continue to contribute to the fruitful survival of humanity.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>We at Akhand Jyoti believe that</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>&rdquo;Hum nazar hi nahin&hellip; nazariyan bhi badalte hain&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>meaning</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>&ldquo;We not only restore vision&hellip; but change perspectives too&rdquo;</strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>#ChangingPerspectives</p>', 'f669f00ce8dbe0fcb859fc0073cf85a7-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti', '2020-07-10', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 6750, 'My children… A curse or blessing?', 'The story of a blind lady, her paralytic husband and their 5 blind children. How they overcame the curse of blindness and poverty?', 'Read full story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'The life changing story of a lady', 'life changing story', 'The story of a blind lady, her paralytic husband and their 5 blind children. How they overcame the curse of blindness and poverty? Read here!', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2020-07-10 08:10:54', 4, '2020-07-24 07:02:17', 0),
(22, 'The Girl With Dream Becomes The Woman With Vision', 'girls-can-do-it-too', 2, '<p>On the 14 of August in 2001, <strong>a nearly blind girl child was born</strong> in the Mahui village of Purbi Champaran district in the State of Bihar. <strong>She came into this world in a land engulfed by blind superstitions.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><em>A place where social evils such as child marriage, dowry, domestic violence, low female literacy rates, and low labour participation rates are rampant. A rural hinterland soaked with generations of male dominance. A remote patriarchal society where women face unimaginable discriminations from &lsquo;womb to tomb&rsquo;.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></em></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>She was lovingly named Ishrat meaning &lsquo;pure and gentle&rsquo; by her parents.</strong> They loved her much but also believed that a blind girl could never have a bright future. <strong>Her father&rsquo;s meager earnings from a small cosmetic shop were hardly enough to sustain their family of 7.</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 8.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>It took 5 years for Ishrat&rsquo;s dad to accumulate some money for her treatment. Then <strong>at the age of 5, the little girl underwent surgery to remove her congenital cataracts.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Unfortunately, the surgery was not that successful.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Ishrat ended up with a poor visual acuity in her left eye and a vision of 6/18 on her right eye. However, now she could at least see with the help of a spectacle.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>After surgery, though things seemed a little better, they were far from great. <strong>Ishrat still could not play with her friends.</strong> Then <strong>as she joined school, she realised the difficulty of pursuing an education with an impaired vision. She could not even see the blackboard clearly.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>At this juncture of her life, Ishrat made up her mind to become an eye doctor when she grew up. She wanted to help other children like her see better.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>As time passed Ishrat worked very hard, she continued her studies and learned to live with her visual drawback.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Soon she realised that her dream to become an eye doctor would never come true.</strong> Being good at studies was not good enough &ndash; <strong>money was important too.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>She spent sleepless nights thinking, how on earth would her father get the finances for her coaching and medical entrance examination fees.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>After completing her standard 10 board examination Ishrat finally decided to let go of her childhood dream of becoming an eye doctor.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Just about that time one day, <strong>she came across a newspaper add about Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s &lsquo;Gender Equality Programme&rsquo;.</strong></h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Both Ishrat and her parents could not believe that Akhand Jyoti took in underprivileged girls like her, took care of their education, and professionally trained them to be optometrists, and finally gave them employment, all for free along with food and lodging.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 7.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Without a second thought, Ishrat got her parents to bring her to Akhand Jyoti to find out more about the programme.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Hearing more about the initiative from the counselor at Akhand Jyoti, <strong>Ishrat realised that this was indeed a God-given opportunity for her to pursue her dreams of becoming a paediatric eye specialist one day.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Today, 3 years have passed since Ishrat gave her entrance examination at Akhand Jyoti and got enrolled in the girls&rsquo; programme.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Over her stay at Akhand Jyoti, <strong>she completed her standards 11 and 12.</strong> <strong>She appeared for the Diploma in Ophthalmic Techniques (DOT) entrance examination and got through.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>In September, this year she will appear for her 1<sup>st</sup> year DOT examination.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Since then a lot has changed for <strong>Ishrat &ndash; the girl &lsquo;born with cataracts&rsquo; is not as helpless as she used to think herself to be.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The process of empowerment at Akhand Jyoti <strong>turned an introvert Ishrat into a vibrant and confident young lady.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Today she shows great confidence</strong> in interacting with patients and their family members.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Though Akhand Jyoti has helped to change her life for good, Ishrat&rsquo;s struggles continue. A chapter which takes around 2 hours for a normal student to complete takes around 6 hours for her. She must be constantly more attentive due to her weak eyesight.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>As Ishrat shows the will to make her dreams come true, Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s vision is attained by providing her with the means.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ishrat Jahan 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Since 2009 more than 300 girls like Ishrat have been empowered under Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s &lsquo;Gender Equality Programme&rsquo;. They have become the main driving force behind Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s Blindness Elimination efforts.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Most importantly they have become influencers in their communities.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>They have proved that if given the opportunity &ldquo;<strong>Girls Can Do It Too&hellip;</strong>&rdquo;</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '7998a0dbde2777cabafbb9da37496aaa-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti', '2020-08-10', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 4039, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 10 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in nurturing our girls&rsquo; with dream become women with vision. Our girls come from the remotest and most backward regions of Bihar. They are trained to be footballers by dawn and optometrists by day. While football helps to break the barriers of silence among women in a patriarchal society, their training as an optometrist ensures a respectable career option.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Your support empowers our girls. It educates and employs them to become organisational leaders and social change makers. Supporting our girls supports in making Bihar blind-free, thereby changing the future of Bihar &ndash; the future of India.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact. If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Support a girl child!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/support-a-girl-child', 'The life changing story of an optometrist', NULL, 'The life’s struggle of nearly blind from birth girl child born in a rural village soaked in generations of male dominance and rampant social evils. 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(23, 'Every Support Matters', 'every-support-matters', 2, '<p><strong>In our 14 years of existence</strong>, we at <strong>Akhand Jyoti have touched the lives of more than 12 million indigent people</strong>. Our work has not only restored vision but also the hopes and livelihoods of the poor.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Donors\' Support.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The eye care service we provide is affordable, accessible, and sustainable. <strong>80% of the sight-restoring surgeries we do are free for poor patients, </strong>which is made possible through the constant support of our donors and well-wishers. Individuals from both within and beyond the border have donated to our cause time and again.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Happy patient 1.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Through the following paragraphs, we have tried to recognise individuals and organisations who have supported us in various ways in the financial year 2019-2020.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Happy patient 2.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Saluting the Indian diaspora in Singapore</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Between 2nd &ndash; 11th March 2019, <strong>Akhand Jyoti undertook to start its 1st overseas fundraising event in Singapore.</strong> This was made possible <strong>through help from&nbsp;<em>BridgeAble</em>,&nbsp;<em>Ms. Richa Menke</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Mr. Jayesh Parekh</em></strong>, Member Advisory Board, Akhand Jyoti.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Singapore event.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Event\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>Over the next 9 months the large hearted <strong>Indian diaspora in Singapore supported us to provide sight-restoring surgeries to thousands of poor blind people</strong> in Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Agrocorp IndiaTrade Services Pvt. Ltd.</li>\r\n<li>Anand Satyamurthy</li>\r\n<li>Anantha and Ramya Nageswaran</li>\r\n<li>Anu Agarwal</li>\r\n<li>Asha and Anil Dixit</li>\r\n<li>Ashwin Jayaram</li>\r\n<li>Bakul and Swati Parikh</li>\r\n<li>Bhaskar Jayaraman and Archana Bhaskar</li>\r\n<li>Devika Misra</li>\r\n<li>Divya Verma Patel &amp; Saahil Vasant Patel</li>\r\n<li>Girija Pande</li>\r\n<li>Gopal Rai Mandhania</li>\r\n<li>Hridaan Popuri</li>\r\n<li>Jag and Subhash Arora</li>\r\n<li>Jain Society Ladies Wing</li>\r\n<li>Kanchana Gupta</li>\r\n<li>Kaushik and Harsha Shaparia</li>\r\n<li>Kavitha Iyer and Irvin Sequeira</li>\r\n<li>Kumar and Krithika Radhakrishnan</li>\r\n<li>Kusum Sharma</li>\r\n<li>Madhuli and Prem Kumar</li>\r\n<li>Manisha Garg</li>\r\n<li>Monica Abrol</li>\r\n<li>Mousumi Bhat</li>\r\n<li>NE Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.</li>\r\n<li>Paromita and Sameer Mehta</li>\r\n<li>Parul Singhai</li>\r\n<li>Parul Thakker</li>\r\n<li>Raj and Gayatri Sriram</li>\r\n<li>Rajesh Sachdeva</li>\r\n<li>Sumita Ambasta</li>\r\n<li>Adam Fiore</li>\r\n<li>Ranodeb Roy</li>\r\n<li>Richa Menke</li>\r\n<li>Sagarika and Sandeep Sen</li>\r\n<li>Sam Shergill</li>\r\n<li>Sandhya and Sanjay Kothary</li>\r\n<li>Sangini Shroff</li>\r\n<li>Sanjay and Madhuben Doshi</li>\r\n<li>Shalini and Alok Sinha</li>\r\n<li>Shameeli Sinha</li>\r\n<li>Shirdi Sai Worship Centre Ltd.</li>\r\n<li>Shital Raiyani and Nilesh Jassani</li>\r\n<li>Suketu Shah</li>\r\n<li>Sunil and Sushmitha Popuri</li>\r\n<li>Tarun and Priti Kataria</li>\r\n<li>Venky Krishnakumar</li>\r\n<li>Vikas and Manisha Gattani</li>\r\n<li>Smt. &amp; Late Shree Hiranand Vishindas Farswani</li>\r\n<li>Seema &amp; Yogesh Farswani</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>\'Light a Life\' campaign</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Ramya Nageswaran</em>&nbsp;from Singapore</strong>, on the eve of &lsquo;World Sight Day 2019&rsquo;, <strong>created Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s 1st Online Fundraising Campaign &ndash; &lsquo;Light A Life&rsquo;</strong> and raised fund from 72 kind-hearted individuals <strong>to gift eyesight to 208 indigent people</strong> from Bihar.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Light a life.png\" alt=\"Fundraising campaign - Akhand Jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Teaching girls self-defence&nbsp;</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>In April 2019,&nbsp;<strong><em>Jag</em>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<em>Subhash Arora</em></strong>&nbsp;made an incredible effort to <strong>send martial arts instructors</strong>,&nbsp;<em>Ms. Qin Yunquan</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Nicole Toe</em>&nbsp;from Singapore <strong>to train our girls in the art of self-defence.</strong> The goal was to further develop their self-confidence and increase their physical fitness.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Self Defence programme.png\" alt=\"Self Defence Programme\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Our youngest donor</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>9-year-old&nbsp;<em>Hridaan Popuri</em></strong>&nbsp;studying at standard 3, from Singapore, became our <strong>youngest donor by donating his sole piggy bank savings to gift eyesight</strong> to two underprivileged blind patients.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Hridaan.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Support for the new optical unit</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Shirdi Sai Worship Centre Ltd.</em>, Singapore funded the optical dispensing unit</strong> at our upcoming 40-bed hospital at the remote location of Purnea in Bihar.&nbsp;<strong>Many thanks to Shobha Punukollu and BridgeAble for initiating this support.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Committed for life, committed to sight</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Sanjukta Sen</em> and <em>Richard</em> overwhelmed us by creating a fundraiser</strong> requesting their friends to donate to Akhand Jyoti instead of giving them any other wedding gift for their marriage in February 2020.&nbsp;<strong>Their campaign helped us provide sight-restoring surgeries to 121 rural underprivileged individuals.</strong> Our heartfelt gratitude to the couple and we wish them a very happy journey ahead.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sanjukta.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>A new beginning with a new thought</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Vandana</em> and <em>Sunny</em> took a wonderful initiative on their wedding to raise funds to restore the sight of the poor.</strong> They requested all guests not to bring them gifts but to make donations to support sight-restoring surgeries.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Vandana photo.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Help for the 100-bed new girls\' hostel</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Sandhya</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Sanjay Kothary</em>&nbsp;partly supported the construction of our new 100-bed girl&rsquo;s hostel.</strong> After completion of this new hostel, 100 more underprivileged rural girls can be inducted into our programme and would get a shot at a better life.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Girls hostel.png\" alt=\"Girls hostel\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Helping us spread out - Vision centre expansions</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Our vision centres enable us to grow geographically. They help us spread out strategically and reach out to more patients in rural areas. <strong>Every vision centre we build is estimated to annually provide primary eye screening to 7,800 people, refer free surgeries to 800 patients and dispense spectacles to 2,400 people.</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Vision Centre.png\" alt=\"Eye Clinics\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong>We plan to launch 8 new Vision Centres by March 2021</strong> and <strong>have already received support for 5 of them.</strong> We are gratefull for the generous support extended by the following kind-hearted patrons:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Asha Dixit</li>\r\n<li>Bharat Shah</li>\r\n<li>Harish Nim</li>\r\n<li>Jayakumar Ganapaty</li>\r\n<li>Jayesh Parekh</li>\r\n<li>Vasant Rathi</li>\r\n<li>Mayur Ghelani</li>\r\n<li>Sam Shergil</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Selling cards to gift vision</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Our young friend, <em>Antara Chowdhary</em></strong> from Singapore <strong>designed customised greeting cards with beautiful messages</strong> in the new year 2020 and <strong>sold those to raise fund to support sight-restoring surgeries of 14 poor blind patients</strong> in Bihar. She has really won our hearts with her kind gesture.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Antara.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti Donor\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Book launch lights lives</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"../../meet-the-team/advisory-board/jayesh-parekh\" target=\"_blank\">Jayesh Parekh</a>, Member, Advisory Board, Akhand Jyoti</strong>, <strong>authored and launched the book \"What Shall We Do With All This Money?\"</strong> in February 2020.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Book.png\" alt=\"Jayesh Parekh\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong>The sale proceeds of which are being utilised to gift sight to underprivileged blind patients</strong> in Bihar and help them emerge out of the curse of blindness.</p>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/xsWCgM5QvEw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></p>\r\n<p><strong>Find out more about the book here:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://allthismoney.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://allthismoney.com/</a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>You can get hold of your copy here:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>India -</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://amzn.to/36UXJNt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://amzn.to/36UXJNt</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Singapore -</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://s.lazada.sg/s.8eUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://s.lazada.sg/s.8eUp</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>USA -</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://amzn.to/2QeA7ge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://amzn.to/2QeA7ge</a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>\'The Food Express\'</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>The CoronaVirus (COVID-19) crisis had resulted in many poor people from Bihar, including migrant workers, struggling for two square meals a day.&nbsp;</strong><strong>Akhand Jyoti distributed food packets to such needy families</strong> in the community since the outbreak of the COVID-19 and the lockdown mandated by the government.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Food express 2.png\" alt=\"COVID-19 Crisis Food Distribution\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>Through this initiative, we <strong>distributed 28,912 ration kits during this period.</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Food express 1.png\" alt=\"Covid support to migrant labourers\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The following individuals and organisations supported us in this drive:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Anil Dixit</li>\r\n<li>Anil Poddar</li>\r\n<li>Anuj Jain</li>\r\n<li>Anu Agarwal</li>\r\n<li>Bansidhar Baijnath Jalan Seva Trust</li>\r\n<li>Borun Ghorai</li>\r\n<li>DORAI Foundation</li>\r\n<li>Dr K R Shroff Foundation</li>\r\n<li>Girija Prasad Pande</li>\r\n<li>Girish Pamnani</li>\r\n<li>Kirtida Mekani</li>\r\n<li>Mahindra Kanji</li>\r\n<li>Mala Nalwa</li>\r\n<li>Mandeep Nalwa</li>\r\n<li>Manju Gang</li>\r\n<li>Mona J Parekh</li>\r\n<li>Ninita Agarwal</li>\r\n<li>Nilesh Shah</li>\r\n<li>Preetie Kohli</li>\r\n<li>Radha Aiyer</li>\r\n<li>Raj Sriram</li>\r\n<li>Rajesh Rawani</li>\r\n<li>Reena Devpura</li>\r\n<li>S. Majumdar</li>\r\n<li>Saahil Patel</li>\r\n<li>Sapna</li>\r\n<li>Saurabh Srivastava</li>\r\n<li>Shalini Sinha</li>\r\n<li>Shivani Thapar</li>\r\n<li>Suketu Shah</li>\r\n<li>Sunder Sham Chanrai</li>\r\n<li>Veenapani Sekseria</li>\r\n<li>Vinod Aachi</li>\r\n<li>Vipul Shantilal Shah</li>\r\n<li>Vishal B Doshi</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2><strong>Others who have helped us too</strong></h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Our following<strong> generous supporters</strong> have <strong>contributed in different ways in FY 2019-2020 to help us achieve our vision and mission:</strong></p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Aadarsh Baijal</li>\r\n<li>Advanced Enzyme Technology&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li>Amita Mehta Trust</li>\r\n<li>Amrit Vasudeva Trust</li>\r\n<li>Ananth and Ramya Nageswaran</li>\r\n<li>Ashoka Pte. Ltd.</li>\r\n<li>Bansidhar Baijnath Jalan Seva Trust</li>\r\n<li>Borun Ghorai</li>\r\n<li>Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd.</li>\r\n<li>Dorai Foundation</li>\r\n<li>Genuine Interest Ltd.&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li>Mandeep Nalwa</li>\r\n<li>Mona J. Parekh</li>\r\n<li>Naveen Bhat</li>\r\n<li>Nilesh Arvind Parekh</li>\r\n<li>Nilesh Shah&nbsp;</li>\r\n<li>Pratul Shroff</li>\r\n<li>Ramesh Shah</li>\r\n<li>Rohit Arora</li>\r\n<li>Sunder Sham Chanrai</li>\r\n<li>Sunil and Sushmitha Hridaan Popuri</li>\r\n<li>Veenapani Sekseria</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>We would like to sincerely thank all our large hearted supporters for their continued faith in our work and for supporting us in our efforts to make lives of the underprivileged better by restoring sight, life and hope.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>With the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we like the rest of the world have been forced to change and adapt our ways. Now more than ever we need the support of our friends and well-wishers. Your support will help us shape many more lives.&nbsp;</p>', '1b48e7547922cb6d3d4ba0d43981e4f6-image.png', NULL, 'Akhand Jyoti', '2020-08-21', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 3301, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 16 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Donate Now', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Every Support Matters', NULL, 'Supporters of Akhand Jyoti are making a huge difference by giving sight to the poor blind patients and improving life of the underprivileged girls.', NULL, '8,11,10', 1, NULL, 4, '2020-08-21 10:43:26', 4, '2022-04-14 09:46:29', 0);
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(24, 'Eye Care Reaches Rural Schools In Bihar', 'eye-care-reaches-rural-schools-in-bihar', 1, '<p><strong>In Bihar an estimated 4,56,000 children suffer from refractive errors.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Some estimates even say that 7 in 10 school-going children have an eye problem.</strong> The rural child is worst affected. It is even believed that more than 80% of these children population have never had an eye checkup in their lifetime.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 2.png\" alt=\"school screening\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong> with support from <strong>Orbis</strong> is working towards making their eyes fit; fit to learn, fit to play, and fit to succeed through a unique and extensive <strong>&lsquo;School Screening Programme&rsquo;</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/8c56c9534afc9a17ab5b15b23becd914-image.png\" alt=\"school programme\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3>Orbis has been one of Akhand Jyoti\'s longstanding partners over the years.</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>It has helped Akhand Jyoti in strengthening its paediatric services, refurbishing and providing equipment to select vision centres, clinical and non-clinical trainings, procuring ophthalmic/ non-ophthalmic equipment and a Vision Van, in reaching out to the community for paediatric screening with support of spectacles and surgery to the needy.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Visual impairment in children is more devastating and disabling than adult-onset blindness.</strong> Due to a child&rsquo;s longer lifespan, they suffer more when compared to an adult with similar problems.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 12.png\" alt=\"childhood blindness\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>This leads to discrimination and isolation of the child.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>The kid also loses equal opportunities in childhood. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Further, the family&rsquo;s wellbeing deteriorates. When a child&rsquo;s vision malfunctions; education and participation in play suffers. <strong>Hence good vision is the key for children to succeed in school.</strong> This enables the next generation to blossom to their potential.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h2>A simple prescription eyeglass can not only correct vision but enhance the learning capacity of a child.</h2>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ped collage 1.png\" alt=\"school children bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Children do not complain of defective vision and may not even be aware of the problem. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>However, genuine complains are many a time ignored by the parents, due to widespread ignorance and illiteracy. This warrants early detection and treatment to prevent permanent disability.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 9.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 10.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong>Bihar is the least literate state in the country.</strong> Further, there is a grave dearth of eye care providers in rural areas of the state.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This demotivates parents to travel great distances to access eye care services for their children. On top of this, parents are not able to take their child to a doctor, as it would mean sacrificing a day&rsquo;s earning because they are mostly agrarians and daily wage earners.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Bihar has the lowest GDP per capita in the country.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>The state lags in all aspects of poverty, health, education, and human wellbeing.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Bihar being a very densely populated state in India, door-to-door screening is not feasible. <strong>School screening is the best way to reach out to and identify children having eye problems.</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/ped 18.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3>Akhand Jyoti with support from Orbis is on a mission to screen school-going children in rural Bihar to correct their vision and give them an opportunity in life.</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Every day our school screening team screens around 500 kids, 6 days a week.</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3>A child detected with vision impairment is provided with spectacle or required surgical intervention completely free of cost.</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The programme also generates awareness about the problem among the teachers and parents. This inspires them to take part in addressing vision impairment in children.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Special training sessions for teachers are organised to better capacitate them to identify children with vision problems.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 11.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3>The impact of the programme from July 2018 till February 2020 have been:</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>93,779 - </strong>Eye screenings done</li>\r\n<li><strong>527 - </strong>Schools covered</li>\r\n<li><strong>724 - </strong>Spectacles prescribed</li>\r\n<li><strong>476 - </strong>Spectacles distributed</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Ped 13.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3>Every year we intend to screen 200,000 children in rural Bihar.</h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Your solidarity to and advocacy for our programme is most crucial to us in reaching this goal.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>ADVOCATE | SHARE | DONATE</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Help a kid see better today&hellip;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>and secure the nation&rsquo;s future tomorrow.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>#SwasthDrishtiAbhiyan</strong></p>', '8c56c9534afc9a17ab5b15b23becd914-image.png', NULL, 'Akhand Jyoti', '2020-11-07', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 2212, 'Eye Care Reaches Rural Schools in Bihar', 'A campaign to restore the sight of school-going children in rural Bihar.', 'Read More', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 16 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift sight to a child!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', NULL, NULL, 'The largest campaign to screen school going children in India. This initiative of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital is restoring sight of rural children in Bihar.', NULL, '8,6,11', 1, NULL, 4, '2020-11-07 06:09:53', 4, '2022-04-14 09:46:41', 0),
(25, 'The Artisan Who Got Back His Trade', 'the-artisan-who-got-back-his-trade', 2, '<p>75-year-old Sarfuddin Miyan had spent a lifetime mastering the art of bamboo crafting. The artisan had picked up the skillset from his father, who had picked it up from his.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 1.png\" alt=\"Akhand Jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>For generations, their family had only known and engaged in this trade. In the past, it might have been financially satisfying, <strong>but in the present times making and selling bamboo baskets in the local village market, was barely enough for the old man and his wife to sustain themselves.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Both of Sarfuddin\'s daughters were married, and the oldtimer regretted not fathering a son, who he believed would have been able to take care of him and his wife in their old age.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The couple, however, continued with their humble life in their small unplastered and dilapidated brick home in the Aathar village of the Buxar district in the state of Bihar, in one of India\'s most backward and poorest of regions.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Life was tough, money was little, still, the old man and his wife managed to sustain themselves through making bamboo baskets, until a year back when a cloud of darkness shrouded their humble existence. </strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h2>Sarfuddin started losing his eyesight and gradually became nearly blind.</h2>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Losing his eyesight meant losing his livelihood.</strong> The greybeard could no longer split bamboo with his sharp sickle, he could no longer make baskets. Every time he tried to make a basket, he would badly wound himself with the bamboo splinters and sickle blade.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Leave aside working, soon he was even unable to do his daily chores and take care of his personal hygiene by himself.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>As time passed and his eyesight worsened, he became completely dependent on his wife</strong>, who not only had to take care of the household and assist her husband in every little thing but also had to somehow continue making baskets to earn a living to sustain themselves.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>She could not manage things anymore, and right at the brink of a breakdown when she and her husband thought it was not worth living anymore, they heard a rustic announcement from the road outside their home, coming closer to them.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Hearing the words <strong>\'Free eyecare at your doorstep\'</strong> Sarfuddin sprang up from his rickety wooden charpoy and wobbled towards his wife, asking her to take him to the door so that they could hear what sounded like a distant dream and perhaps the solution to their hopelessness.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The announcement came from a megaphone atop a slowly moving auto-rickshaw. An energetic girl came down the vehicle and handed a leaflet to Sarfuddin and his wife. The girl told them that Eastern India\'s largest eye hospital,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"../../about-us\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti</a></strong> was organising a free eye camp in their village and that they should come and get their eyes checked.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>The next day Sarfuddin and his wife went to the eye camp to get their eyes examined.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>At the camp, Sarfuddin was diagnosed as a bilateral cataract case.</strong> Then on the 16th of September 2020, Akhand Jyoti organised for a bus to pick Sarfuddin from his home and bring him to its Mastichak hospital in Saran district of Bihar to get his eyes operated.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The following day on the 17th of September, old man <strong>Sarfuddin had a successful cataract operation of the right eye and was able to see once again.</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 4.png\" alt=\"cataract surgery akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h3>The surgery was done completely free of cost, after which, he was dropped back to his home in Buxar.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Today Sarfuddin has got back to making bamboo baskets once again.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Sarfuddin Miyan 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Now he can see with his right eye and plans to return soon to Akhand Jyoti once again to get his other eye operated as well.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>A simple cataract surgery got an artisan back to his trade, giving him the ability to continue his ancestral business, practising the only skill he had and knew for a sustainable existence.</h3>', '87015c8525381ceee022eeff84554b75-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti', '2020-12-08', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 1979, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift Someone Sight!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Sarfuddin Miyan | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', NULL, 'Sarfuddin Miyan - lost his eye sight and livelihood due to cataracts. His life changed after he was provided with free cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti!', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2020-12-08 05:50:34', 4, '2020-12-08 05:54:38', 0),
(26, 'Vision Restores Anguish', 'vision-restores-anguish', 2, '<p>Living in a family of a dozen members, 60-year-old Rajeshwari Devi had a contented life spending happy times with her 6 grandchildren and assisting her 2 daughters-in-law with household chores.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Agriculture was her family\'s primary income source and Rajeshwari loved helping out at the field whenever she could. She also found great joy in tending to her little goats, whom she rared with great care and much adore.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rajeshwari Devi 5.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>She had got all her children, 3 daughters and 2 sons married, and now she and her husband did not have much to worry about, apart from spending the remainder of their simple rural lives surrounded by family, with a roof over their head, food on their plates, and a decent livelihood for sustenance and to keep themselves engaged.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Though there was not much money around, though there were no fancy food or clothes, their income was just enough to sustain their simple village life unless any emergency or calamity knocked on their doors.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rajeshwari Devi 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>All was going well till about a year back when Rajeshwari started facing a problem, which gradually shifted her life literally from light to the shadows.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>She started losing her vision due to the formation of cataracts in both her eyes.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rajeshwari Devi 3.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Losing sight was already bad enough, however, getting depressed and mentally effected due to that was a graver problem that needed attention too.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Fortunately, however, <strong>the family knew about Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</strong> and its ministry of free eye care to the underprivileged communities.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>2 years back Rajeshwari\'s husband had got his eyes operated at Akhand Jyoti\'s base hospital and Secondary Centre at Mastichak completely free of cost</strong>, but this time due to the unforeseen COVID-19 pandemic they were unsure when Akhand Jyoti would resume it\'s services to the poor.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>The family\'s financial stand was inadequate to avail treatment anywhere else.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Further, there was no affordable eye care facility like Akhand Jyoti in or near their village that could offer free treatment to her. A life-threatening pandemic was looming at large and the entire country was in lockdown too.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>All this adversely affected Rajeshwari\'s mental well being and she started to believe that she would become completely blind soon.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rajeshwari Devi 4.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Hope, however, dawned back in Rajeshwari\'s life when Akhand Jyoti resumed its operations with the all-new and renewed COVID safe protocols once again.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Overcoming the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic the hospital\'s resumed operations</strong>, lit little lamps of hope in the hearts of thousands of underprivileged patients like Rajeshwari Devi all across Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh once again.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Then after a wait of a year, Rajeswari got the opportunity to come to Akhand Jyoti\'s base hospital at Mastichak.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>On the 17th of September 2020, she got her left eye operated completely free of cost.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Rajeshwari Devi 6.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Today Rajeshwari has gone back to her home, and with her renewed vision is able to engage in all her household chores with much ease.</strong> She is thankful to Akhand Jyoti for restoring her eyesight amidst an ongoing global pandemic and is more thankful for restoring her mental peace.</p>', '68406357a2ab32fd055a13b9601fb8c2-image.png', NULL, 'akhand jyoti', '2020-12-08', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 1993, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift Someone Sight!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Story of Rajeshwari Devi | Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', NULL, 'Rajeshwari Devi - lost her eye sight due to cataracts. Her life changed after she was provided with free cataract surgery at Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital!', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2020-12-08 07:45:50', 4, '2021-02-19 06:49:52', 0),
(27, 'All Those Colourful Glass Baubles', 'all-those-colourful-glass-baubles', 1, '<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;A dozen of single-coloured ones for rupees 25, a dozen of 12 different colours for 30, and a dozen of sparkly ones for 35,&rdquo;&nbsp;</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>- announced the lady street vendor, as she walked through the earthen pathways of her village Jagaili in the Srinagar block of Purnea district in the state of Bihar.&nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Girls in their early teens ran to catch up with her, married women made her stop on their doorsteps, all to have a look at the latest collection in the bamboo basket of <strong>Kadira Khatoon, the local door-to-door seller of traditional glass bangles.</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 5.png\" alt=\"Bangle Seller\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 9.png\" alt=\"bangle seller in village\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>At 52 years of age, Kadira had got both her son and daughter married. Now <strong>she earned a living by selling glass bangles or baubles, while her husband sold the milk of their two buffaloes to sustain themselves.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>The couple had no land and no other means of financial sustenance.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Both the children though loved their parents, lived separately busy with their own existence.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Kadira and her husband lived their simple life, selling bangles and buffalo milk, just about managing to earn, spend, and live one day at a time, till around three years back when a cloud of darkness gradually started extinguishing the light of joy from their lives.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Kadira started turning blind due to cataracts in her eyes.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 3.png\" alt=\"Husband and Wife from Bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Soon she became nearly blind and one day unable to see properly fell on the street, scattering and breaking &ldquo;All Those Colourful Glass Baubles.&rdquo;</h4>\n<h4>&nbsp;</h4>\n<h3>That was the last time she went to sell bangles on the street before turning completely blind.&nbsp;</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 6.png\" alt=\"poor village women\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 11.png\" alt=\"poor women in Bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 13.png\" alt=\"village woman cooking \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h4>Now selling buffalo milk remained as the couples only sources of income.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>As more time passed, <strong>Kadira became completely dependent on her husband for even her personal chores.</strong> Right from going to the washroom to getting a glass of water, <strong>she could not do anything on her own. </strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Seeing her mother&rsquo;s misery, Kadira&rsquo;s daughter took her daughter out of school to be with and look after her granny.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>The little granddaughter became Kadira&rsquo;s round-the-clock caretaker. </strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Becoming blind with <strong>cataracts had multiple impacts, not only did it destroyed the couple&rsquo;s livelihood and make Kadira helpless</strong>, but <strong>it was also destroying a young girl&rsquo;s future by taking her out of school</strong> to look after her grandmother 24x7.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Kadira had nearly given up all hope till one day her husband barged into the house overjoyed and anxious, gasping for breath to say something.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Poor people in their region of the Purnea district usually travelled to the country of Nepal across the border to avail eye treatment at the eye hospital in the city of Lahan. Kadira and her husband, however, did not have the finances to travel to neighbouring Nepal to avail eye treatment.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Kadira&rsquo;s husband that day expressed with joy to her wife, that a new eye hospital was coming up near their place.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>After 2 years from that day, Kadira got back her vision through a sight-restoring surgery, free of cost at the all new &ldquo;Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, Savitri Waney Charitable Eye Centre&rdquo;&nbsp;which was built with support from&nbsp;<em>The Savitri Waney Charitable Trust.&nbsp;</em></h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 1.png\" alt=\"village woman bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 2.png\" alt=\"woman in rural bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Today Her husband is relieved and can concentrate on doing his own things and not worrying about his wife all the time. Her young granddaughter has gone back to school, not requiring to take care of her grandmother any more, thereby securing her future.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Kadira has gone back to selling bangles once again.</h2>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>She has got back the means to earn once again.</strong> The streets of Jagaili village are resonating once again with the familiar voice of the lady street vendor announcing,&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;A dozen of single-coloured ones for rupees 25, a dozen of 12 different colours for 30, and a dozen of sparkly ones for 35.&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Bibi Kadira Khatoon 10.png\" alt=\"Woman selling bangles in village\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></em></p>', '77a9cac71a72b8ab10ec5b78aaaaa01d-image.png', NULL, 'Indian NGO', '2021-03-17', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 2629, 'All Those Colourful Glass Baubles', 'Girls & married women anxiously waited to peep in her basket, till one day she stopped coming to their village. What happened, will she visit them ever again?', 'Read The Story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift Someone Sight!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Life changing story of a Glass Baubles seller', 'indian ngo, indian nonprofit, not for profit, nonprofit, akhand jyoti', 'Girls & married women anxiously waited to peep in her basket, till one day she stopped coming to their village. What happened, will she visit them ever again?', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2021-03-17 10:24:08', 4, '2021-03-17 10:46:35', 0),
(28, 'To See And Work Once Again', 'to-see-and-work-once-again', 1, '<p>At about 47 years of age, <strong>Mohammad Kalim Ansari</strong> had somehow managed to get all his 4 daughters and 4 sons married.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Sadly, after marriage, the children hardly had any time or interest for the poor parents and had nothing to do with Kalim or his wife.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 9.png\" alt=\"Kalim before the eye surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 9.png\" alt=\"Kalim without cataracts in eyes\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h4>After nearly half-a-century of struggle, the poor man had managed to save a little bit of money, with which he opened a small shanty stationery shop in his village to sustain his and his wife&rsquo;s existence.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 1.png\" alt=\"Kalim in his village shop\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Earning from the rickety shop was not enough</strong>, so Kalim occasionally went to work as a daily wage construction labourer. It was a back-breaking job that he had pursued in his younger days.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 4.png\" alt=\"Kalim before cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Now at 47, though not at all an advanced age, the laborious lifestyle and poverty had taken its toll on Kalim&rsquo;s health, and he found it quite difficult to work at construction sites and preferred to run his shop instead.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 5.png\" alt=\"Kalim before is eye surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>After about 3 years of running his shop at 50 years of age, when the business was starting to be fairly sustainable, allowing Kalim to go out on labour jobs for lesser days, <strong>a shadow of literal darkness started gaining a better grip on his life every day.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Kalim started losing his vision due to cataracts in both of his eyes.&nbsp;</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 11.png\" alt=\"Kalim with cataracts\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>He could no longer go for construction jobs, even conducting business at the shop became nearly impossible.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Losing sight meant losing the means to earn</strong>, this forced Kalim&rsquo;s wife to work as an agricultural labourer, which remained as the couple&rsquo;s only source of minuscule financial sustenance.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The folks of Kalim&rsquo;s Jhagarua village in the Srinagar block of Purnea district in the state of Bihar would usually travel to the neighbouring country of Nepal, to avail eye-related treatments.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>For decades, Nepal had been the closest option for the poor people of the Purnea region for eye-related problems. Kalim however did not have any money or someone to take him there to get his eyes checked.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>When Kalim had nearly lost all hope to see again</strong> and was walking on the village road along with his wife one day, they came across something, which would change their lives forever.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Why have we stopped, Sahida,&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- enquired Kalim anxiously?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;They are building something very big here, it&rsquo;s a huge plot that they are digging, just give me a minute and let me enquire,&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- replied Kalim&rsquo;s wife, making her husband sit on a rock beside the road and moving aside to enquire with a guard who was causally standing at the edge of the plot.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Kalim sat sadly at the side of the road, thinking about his uncertain future filled with darkness when an overjoyed Khalida came running and hugged Kalim to share a piece of news that would kindle a flame of hope in the blind man&rsquo;s heart.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Dear, they are building an eye hospital over here. The guard said that poor people like us could get their eyes treated and operated for free,&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- shared Khalida with Kalim with great joy and enthusiasm. With renewed hope in their hearts that day the couple returned to their home.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/akhand jyoti purnea 1.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/akhand jyoti purnea 2.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<h4>This rekindled hope helped Kalim and his wife somehow pull through the next 2 years, after which in October 2020, Kalim was one of the first few patients, nearly blind with cataracts, to walk through the gates of the newly inaugurated &ldquo;Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, Savitri Waney Charitable Eye Centre&rdquo; and walk out with renewed vision after a free of cost sight-restoring cataract surgery.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Kalim.png\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p><strong>Today Kalim has reopened the rickety straw and bamboo door of his village stationery shop and happily doing business once again. </strong></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 2.png\" alt=\"Kalim after the cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>On a post-operative visit to his home when members of the Akhand Jyoti asked him how he was doing.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Md Kalim Ansari 7.png\" alt=\"Kalim after cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>The overjoyed man said,&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;I am doing fine, I can see and work once again, what else does one need. This hospital has changed the lives of the poor in the Purnea region. No longer does the blind need to travel to Nepal to see once again.&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>', '49f57745d0439abc822b8a7be63afcc6-image.png', NULL, 'Akhand Jyoti', '2021-03-18', 'Abhijit Gupta', '', 3368, 'To See And Work Once Again', 'With 5 decades of savings Kalim built his stationary shop. Now the only way to save it was to travel to Nepal. Could he do it without any means or money?', 'Read Now!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift Someone Sight!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'To See And Work Once Again', 'indian ngo, indian nonprofit, not for profit, nonprofit, akhand jyoti', 'With 5 decades of savings Kalim built his stationary shop. Now the only way to save it was to travel to Nepal. Could he do it without any means or money?', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2021-03-18 07:31:29', 4, '2021-03-18 09:12:34', 0),
(29, 'Two Hungry Cows', 'two-hungry-cows', 1, '<p>The wailing cry of 2 hungry cows resonated from an unkempt and broken shed in a remote rural corner of the Narayanpur village in Saran district of Bihar. A little boy could not take it anymore, he had to do something.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;What the heck grandpa! Why do you not feed your cows,&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- asked the angry boy to the melancholy old man with the betel-leaf-stained teeth, who sat nearby sadly gaping at nothing.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Son, how could I feed them, when I can&rsquo;t see you even,&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- said the old man while tears rolled down his white marble-like cloudy eyes.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Till just 2 years back, 65-year-old Lakshman Ray was leading a simple rural life, happily selling the milk of his 2 cows to earn a living.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 10.png\" alt=\"Lakshman after cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 9.png\" alt=\"Lakshman Ray from Bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Sadly, <strong>he started to lose his vision due to cataracts in both his eyes.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>It did not take long for Lakshman&rsquo;s world to turn upside down.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>With no wife, children or relative there was no one to take care of the old man, who was just learning to live the life of a blind.</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 2.png\" alt=\"Lakshman after eye surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Stumbling around in a dark world, when all around him there was light, Lakshman could no longer arrange for his own food, leave alone feeding his cows.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>He became completely dependent on the mercy of other villagers to feed him and his cows. Soon the little money that he had saved was also gone.</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 3.png\" alt=\"Lakshman with cataracts\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Now Lakshman sat all alone in front of the cowshed, while his two hungry cows kept on wailing, and the little boy intervened. <strong>After hearing and realising why Lakshman was unable to feed the cows, the boy shared with the old man a piece of information that would change his life.</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Well grandpa, don&rsquo;t sit around here, come with me. An eye hospital by the name of Akhand Jyoti, is organising a free eye camp in the next village. I came to know about this when I went there with my father yesterday. I am sure the Doctor&rsquo;s there would help you,&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- said the little boy taking Lakshman&rsquo;s hands into his and leading the old man away to the eye camp in the next village.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 4.png\" alt=\"Lakshman with cataracts\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>At the eye camp Lakshman heard that Akhand Jyoti was Eastern India&rsquo;s largest Eye Hospital and among the top 5 in India, which did around 75,000 sight-restoring surgeries annually, 80% of which was done for free for poor patients.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 5.png\" alt=\"Lakshman after developing cataracts\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Identified as a bilateral cataract patient Lakshman&rsquo;s case was given priority.</h4>\n<h4>&nbsp;</h4>\n<p>Then on a later date, Akhand Jyoti organised to pick him up from his village and bring him to its base hospital at Mastichak.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>Here Lakshman got back his vision through a successful surgery of his right eye, done completely free of cost.</h3>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>After surgery Lakshman was dropped back to his village, where he was greeted by the little boy.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 1.png\" alt=\"Lakshman in his village in Bihar\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p>Lakshman went running and picked up the boy in his arms. Looking straight into his eyes the old man said,</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Son, no more will my cows remain hungry, no more will anyone have to hear their wailing cries.&rdquo;</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 6.png\" alt=\"Lakshman after cataract surgery\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/Lakshman Ray 7.png\" alt=\"Lakshman feeding his cow\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>', 'c1fbc265695c0e71240da8854b08d3f3-image.png', NULL, 'Lakshman Ray after eye surgery', '2021-03-19', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 2483, 'Two Hungry Cows', 'How a little boy annoyed with the wailing to two hungry cows, change the life of a 65-year-old poor man form a backward village.', 'Read The Story!', 'donating = restoring hope', '<p>Over the last 12 years, each day we have poured tremendous time, effort and compassion in reaching out to indigent people who suffer from curable blindness. Our work has taken us to extreme places, among the less fortunate people. Our efforts to restore sight for these people have helped them regain hope and dignity.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Most of our work remains free for our patients and is made possible by patronage.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Each day our volunteers and team members come across many inspiring recitals of personal growth and tussle. These accounts help us to keep going on with our mission and sustain our impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You too can help to make an even larger impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If you find any joy or stimulation here, please support us by sharing your donations. If you have donated earlier, we convey our sincere thanks and look forward to your continued patronage.</p>', 'Gift Someone Sight!', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/gift-someone-sight', 'Two Hungry Cows', 'indian ngo, indian nonprofit, not for profit, nonprofit, akhand jyoti', 'How a little boy annoyed with the wailing to two hungry cows, change the life of a 65-year-old poor man form a backward village. Read the story!', NULL, '5', 2, NULL, 4, '2021-03-19 06:01:13', 4, '2021-03-19 06:08:00', 0);
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(30, 'The Hub & Spoke Model Of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'the-hub-spoke-model-of-akhand-jyoti-eye-hospital', 1, '<h2>Making a difference&nbsp;to curable blindness in Bihar</h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Setting up vision centres across Bihar for uptake of eye care services among lower economic strata and rural population.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>A New York Times survey reported that in a developed country like the USA, respondents feel that&nbsp;<a href=\"../../why-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">blindness is more dreaded</a> than contracting HIV/AIDS.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Imagine then, the stigma attached to blindness in Tier 3 &amp; 4 <strong>villages in low-income states like Bihar in India where eye care services are practically nonexistent.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>With no access to even primary eye care services, <strong>it is estimated that at least 5 million people in Bihar alone are visually impaired with no help in sight.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Akhand Jyoti aspires to open over 150 vision centers across Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in the next 5 years by 2027, to bring access to eye care to the rural communities.</strong> 11 vision centres have been set up across Bihar in 2021-2022 taking the total count of Vision centers to 21.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>These vision centers are strategically positioned to align with Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s 5 Secondary &amp; Tertiary Surgical centers to create a &lsquo;Hub and Spoke&rsquo; model for uptake of eye care services among lower economic strata and rural population.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/1-Map - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"eye hospital near me\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Importance of a vision centre</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>In low-income states like Bihar in India, around 90% of the blindness prevalence is amongst the rural population</strong>, whereas 70% of the available ophthalmologists are either doing private practice or associated with Non-Governmental Organisations in the urban areas.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>With a lack of adequate secondary and tertiary eye care facilities in the region the utilisation of services remains low in the rural areas. <strong>There is a vacuum existing due to the lack of organised primary eye care.&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/2-Importance of a VC - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"eye clinic near me\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>Further factors such as money, unaffordability of the services, indirect cost incurred in terms of travel, lost wage of accompanying person etc. makes it more difficult for the poor man to access eye care services.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Psychological factors such as taboo, fear of surgery, unwillingness to go to the hospital at a distant place, long waiting time before and after consultation, going for follow up etc. also add to the problem.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s solution</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Realising these facts, Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital envisaged the model of vision centres in which the <strong>focus is to create permanent access to primary eye care services for the rural communities at an affordable cost.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>These centres give the most meaning to Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s philosophy of &lsquo;<a href=\"../../working-where-it-really-matters\" target=\"_blank\">Working where it matters</a>&rsquo;. Strategically located at the heart of the rural hinterlands, they are closest to the marginalised communities we strive to serve. <strong>They are established at places where there is minimal or virtually no presence of affordable and sustainable; quality eye-care services. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The vision centres are opened in blocks and districts where it has already done more than 500 surgeries in the past 2 years. These centres help&nbsp;<a href=\"../../unique-outreach-programs\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti to reach out rural poor patients</a> and provide them eyecare services such as cataract surgeries and spectacle for vision correction.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/3-Akhand Jyotis Solution - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Layout of a vision centre</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>A typical Akhand Jyoti vision centre is divided in to 7 sections </strong>- Registration Area, Patient Waiting Area, Vision Examination Area, Optometrist&rsquo;s Chamber, Optical Fitting Area, Optical Showroom, and staff residential quarters. The setup is not too big yet not too small.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/4-Layout - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye clinic\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<h3><strong>Womanpower</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Girls trained as professionally qualified optometrists under Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <a href=\"../../women-empowerment\" target=\"_blank\">Girls&rsquo; Empowerment Programme</a>, lead the vision centres.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>These girls hailing from rural poor backgrounds are nurtured through the 5 years full-time residential programme, which provides them holistic development, tutoring in school subjects, professional Optometry course, and practical on-the-job training.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>These girls represent more than 70% of Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s managerial and clinical staff.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>A typical Akhand Jyoti vision centre comprises of 5 key persons &ndash; a Chief Optometrist &amp; Vision Centre Head, a Front Office Executive, an Optical Sales Executive, an Optical Fitter, and a Vision Centre Promoter, and support staff such as Security Guard, Cook, and Cleaner.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/5-Womanpower - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"Indian charity for girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<p>As a product of the system, nurtured from a very younger age, they are infused with the organisational DNA being highly committed to the vision and mission of Akhand Jyoti.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Working of a vision centre</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s vision centres are open 6 days a week. It offers services such are refraction and spectacle dispensing, slit lamp examination, eye examination through Auto Refractor, IOP measurement, foreign body removal, medicine prescription, surgery counselling and booking, and speciality eye referral to its hospitals.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Free patients are identified through&nbsp;<a href=\"../../unique-outreach-programs\" target=\"_blank\">outreach camps</a> conducted in the catchment area of around 200,000 population. Other patients also walk in to avail paid treatment. The revenue streams are namely OPD fees, spectacle sales, and referral from paid &amp; speciality services.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/6-Working of a VC - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye hospital\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\r\n<h3><strong>Learning from our vision centres</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Akhand Jyoti\'s vision centres have provided it with immense learnings. They have proven to be effective in reaching and identifying poor bilateral blind patients, who remain hidden in the nooks and crannies of the rural hinterland due to social isolation and stigmatism.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The system is based on the hub and spoke model, where the tertiary and secondary surgical centres act as the hub, while the vision centres function as spoke supporting and feeding patients to the hub.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>The vision centres being more time, manpower and cost effective, is easier to set up in comparison to a hospital. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This allows Akhand Jyoti to set them up fast at multiple locations, creating a network thoughtfully webbed across the geography. <strong>This network allows Akhand Jyoti to comb the backward topographies for bilaterally blind patients hidden away in the cracks of rural Bihar.</strong></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/7-Learnings from our VC - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Sustainability of a vision centre</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>The uniqueness about these vision centres is that they become completely self-sustainable by 18 to 24 months of formation.</strong> This enables the vision centres to perpetually continue to serve patients as a self-sufficient unit.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Post the 18-24 months, when the Vison center can generate surplus, the surplus is used to support additional free eye surgeries for indigent patients.</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Thus, the one-time investment made by Akhand Jyoti\'s partners to set up a vision centre, helps to create a legacy of accessible, affordable, and sustainable eyecare in the region in perpetuity for the lifetime of the Vision centers existence.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/8-Sustainability - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Impact of a vision centre</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The impact of the vision centres in improving the eye care service delivery can be viewed from two different perspectives. From the community perspective, the primary eye care facilities become available at the patient&rsquo;s doorsteps at an affordable cost.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The eye care needs of the local community are better addressed by the vision centre in terms of conducting screening camps, education and training programmes. From the provider&rsquo;s perspective, the overcrowding in the secondary and tertiary centres can be minimised since a lot of primary screening and filtering are done in the vision centres. This enables the hospitals to give better attention to the patients who really need advance care.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>It is projected that in a year one vision centre would identify around 800 patients for cataract surgeries</strong>, <strong>provide eye screening to 7,800 individuals</strong> and <strong>disburse around 2,400 spectacles</strong>.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/9-Impact - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>Thanks to our partners</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>Many thanks to our partners</strong> &ndash; organisations like CharityVision, Advanced Enzymes Technologies, AshaPops, and Joy Of Helping, and individuals like Ramesh Shah, Prafulla Shah, Hardik Shah, Pradip Shah, Laxmi Narayan C. Rathi, Asha Dixit, Jaykumar Ganapati, Mayur Ghelani, Sam Shergill, Jayesh Parekh, Diane &amp; King Hussain, Daksha Kapadia, Sudhir Kapadia, and C. Farswani for supporting us in establishing these vision centres.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/10-Thanks to our partners - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti eye clinics\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" />&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h3><strong>The journey so far</strong></h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>From a one man\'s dream to a family of 1000+ individuals. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>From inducting rural girls into opportunities for employment to empowering over 400 girls to ultimately become social change makers.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>From restoring sight of a few hundred individuals to impacting lives and sight of over 12 million people.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>From being a small organisation to being partners to several national and international organisations.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>From eliminating blindness, reducing poverty, and challenging patriarchy to creating a social movement.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>From a 10-bed eye clinic in a village to Eastern India&rsquo;s largest eye care provider with 5 hospitals and 21 vision centres. </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The journey of&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital</a> is a testimony that no dream is too big when fueled with passion, commitment, and a spirit to serve others.</p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.akhandjyoti.org/public/backend/assets/img/blog-image/11-Journey So Far - 800x533px.jpg\" alt=\"akhand jyoti\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>', 'c521b18062e7f682931023af0fa884b2-image.jpg', NULL, 'Akhand Jyoti Eye Clinics', '2022-04-14', 'Trishikh Dasgupta', '', 1242, 'The Hub & Spoke model of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital', 'Setting up vision centres across Bihar for uptake of eye care services among lower economic strata and rural population.', 'Read More!', 'donating = creating legacy', '<p>In the next five years till 2027, Akhand Jyoti envisions to create 150 vision centres across Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Linking them with its surgical facilities, creating a &lsquo;Hub and Spoke&rsquo; model to uptake eye care services among lower economic strata and rural population in the hinterlands.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Partner with us today and join in this noble cause to create a legacy of eye care in the region to restore the vision of 200,000 individuals annually.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>The one-time donation that you make will exponentially and positively impact eye care services in the region for years to come.</p>', 'Enquire With Us', 'https://www.akhandjyoti.org/contact-us', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '', 1, NULL, 4, '2022-04-14 09:20:55', 4, '2022-11-04 05:13:05', 0);

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