Experience the world with their eyes

Rithika Sri is a beautiful, sweet-natured child. She loves to run after her big brother, Diwakar. She first came to Aravind’s Orbit Clinic when she was 12 days old for an eye check-up. Her parents had been told to have her checked regularly, because her brother had retinoblastoma – eye cancer -- three years earlier. [...]

Aravind doctors and nurses screen school children and train teachers to recognize the sign of poor vision before it affects a child's academic performance. Often, the results are miraculous -- a child goes from failing in school to straight A's just because he can see the chalk board or she can read her text book. [...]

More than 70% of India’s population lives in rural areas, with little access to eye care. Aravind’s Rural Vision Centers providing comprehensive eye care services to a population of 50,000 to 70,000. Each center is staffed by a highly trained ophthalmic technician who provides eye examinations, dispenses eye glasses, and treats minor ailments and injuries. [...]