Kids bring creativity, awareness to World Environment Day
Ganeshpuri, India— On June 5, the people of Ganeshpuri celebrated World Environment Day with activities organized by representatives from PRASAD Chikitsa, and from local schools and youth groups. At the Primary School of Ganeshpuri, enthusiastic children created drawings and Rangoli to express how trees benefit both people and the environment. Read more…
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Donor, Margareta Blix, is celebrating the life of her beloved late sister, Gudrun, with a grant of up to $20,000 that will provide a dollar-to-dollar match for new donations to PRASAD Children's Dental Health Program (PRASAD CDHP) received through October 31, 2010. Read more...
“Paddlers for Humanity” Open Ocean Paddle to benefit PRASAD Children’s Dental Health Program
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Update on Gotya - Youngest Eye Surgery Recipient
Last
April, PRASAD e-News published a touching story by PRASAD Chikitsa
eye surgeon Dr. Anurag Agarwal, about the youngest person to ever receive
cataract surgery in our eye care program in India. Many e-News
readers contacted us to say how moved they were by Gotya’s story.
Now, a year later, we’re bringing you this update from PRASAD Chikitsa
on how he is doing.
Thirteen-year-old Bhalchandra Shanwar Mokne – or Gotya, as he is called – had been completely blind from cataracts since the age of five. He could not go outside to play with other children, or attend school, or help his aging parents care for his siblings. PRASAD found out about Gotya’s situation and persuaded his parents to bring him to have surgery on one eye. Gotya and his parents were overjoyed at the return of his sight, and he expressed a desire to be able to go to school again and study to become an eye doctor! (To read original story about Gotya, click here…)
Now 14, Gotya’s big smile tells you right away how much his life
has changed for the better. After the successful surgery on his right
eye, he was able to take school exams and be moved into the 6th grade.
His parents and teachers were delighted by the rapid recovery of his sight
and his motivation to study and learn, making up for lost time. Gotya’s
left eye was successfully operated on two months after the first surgery,
and he is doing well. He loves his studies, loves to play cricket with
other children – and yes, he still wants to become an eye doctor!
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Gotya in class,
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