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Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama

Eye Care Division ( Saraswati Hospital Premises)

“Project - Sight to the Sightless”

No. 39, 8^th ‘B’ Main Road, BSK 2^nd Stage, Bengaluru – 560070,

A Reg. Charitable Trust                                         E-Mail: vivekeyecare@gmail.com,   Ph. No. 080 26766996

Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama is a registered charitable trust with 80 G income tax exemption.  We have  permission to collect foreign donations under FERA.
 Our achievements till date :

1.       We have completed an aggregate of  45,226 free IOL cataract surgeries since its inception. During the past year 2017-18, 3786 free IOL cataract surgeries were done. We intend  to conduct 5000 surgeries during 2018-19

2.       Conducted 225 eye surgeries for children (pediatric) at Mysuru.  50 more surgeries during 2018-19 are planned.

3.       2,50,000 school  children vision tested & issued free spectacles for 7,500 children

4.       Slow learners project in four schools. We have helped more than 180 slow learners to rejoin main stream studies.

5.       We are empanelled in C S R hub from Tata Institute of Social Sciences , Mumbai .

Our activities at present :

1. Sight to the Sightless project – Our focus area for conducting mega free IOL Cataract surgery eye camps for the deserving poor is  Hyderabad Karnataka, India.  Each surgery costing INR 2500, And a camp of 200 surgeries costs Rs. 5 lakhs.  we seek sponsors/donors for the project.

2. Vision care for children including surgery when required - At present,  Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Koppal districts of Karnataka, India are areas where school children vision testing conducted. Spectacles are given free for children needing glasses. Pediatric surgery costs INR 10000 per surgery and each spectacle costs INR 400. We seek donors for these projects

3. Slow learners’ project - Helping students slow in learning in four government primary schools in Madya district of Karnataka, India. Intend to increase it to ten schools when funds are available.  Rs. 1,00,000  per annum per school is the expenditure on this scheme. We are taking up a project for moral & Spiritual education in govt. high schools for character building and man making education of Swami Vivekananda’s vision along with small libraries of moral books.

4. Book Bank for college students At Hanumasagara, Koppal dist.

5. Livelihood project - We conduct tailoring and computer classes at Belagola, near MYsuru.

6. Supporting Special children schools - We support two schools for mentally and physically challenged children near Mysuru

7. Supporting old age homes around Mysuru

8. Free Summer classes for children at PT Belagla & Hanumasagara

8. Collection and distribution of  materials like Sewing machines, Computers, new & old clothes, vessels and distribute among the needy in rural areas.

Seek sponsors-individual, institutional and corporate donors for all the above projects

Cheques may be drawn in favour of“ Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama  “a/c no. 04782010044079  Syndicate Bank,

B S K II Stage Branch, IFSC Code SYNB0000478.

For other currencies, Cheques may be drawn in favour of “ Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama” 

Corporation Bank, Basavana gudi Branch, a/c no 520101000387831, IFSC Code CORP0000069 

Let Us Join hands and serve the needy rural poor people.                                         D Venkatesha Murthy,  Managing trustee, Mobile : 9900326556