Primary Eye Care

Primary Eye Care Service
Location: Khashibazar-5, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
Institution: Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
Project: Vision 2020 is a global initiative jointly launched by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness together with more than 20 international non-governmental organizations involved in eye care and prevention and management of blindness. To fulfill the Vision 2020 concept, Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur has decided to run a community based and owned program, called Primary Eye Care Service Center in Kirtipur. With available funds and commitment of the people of Kirtipur, the program will gradually extend its service. It is a totally independent and autonomous program that is run by community people.

Kirtipur is a poor town just south of Kathmandu. This area contains the ancient and crowded village of Kirtipur as well as many smaller, and even poorer, rural communities further south. The Kirtipur municipality has no eye care facilities except for the very occasional eye screening camps conducted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There is one Kirtipur Hospital recently started by Kathmandu Model Hospital and one government health post delivering basic health care services to the people of Kirtipur. Most of the neighboring villages are far from road facilities.

To learn more about this project, see Primary Eye Care Service.
Institution: Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
Location: Khashibazar-5, Kirtipur, Kathmandu
Title: Primary Eye Care Service
ID: 07LCK001
Type: Funded Project
Date: 14 September 2008
Grant: $8,226
Funded: $6,479
Primary Eye Care Service
12/5/07  Request received by ANMF/Nepal
4/19/08  Project approved by ANMF/Nepal as a Fund Raising Project and approved as a Funded Project NRs 4,00,000 (approximately $6,349) for Slit Lamp only
6/14/08  Project approved by Projects Committee for the partial funding of NRs 5,18,300 (approximately $8,226)
8/13/08  ANMF/Nepal Board approved funding for medical equipment (NRs 5,18,300, approximately $8,226)
9/14/08  Project approved by ANMF Board for partial funding of NRs 5,18,300 (approximately $8,226) to be used for budgeted medical equipment. Kristin Stueber, MD appointed project manager.
10/31/08  MOU signed and funds transferred to Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
11/9/08  Funds ($6,479 at current exchange rate of $1 = NRs 80) transferred to ANMF/Nepal
12/1/08  Update received from Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
1/15/09  Update received from Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
2/12/09  Report received from Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
11/1/10  Report received from Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
Primary Eye Care Service
Kirtipur Clinic
Inside the Clinic
10/31/08 – Memorandum of understanding signed
 
10/31/08 – Funds transferred to Lions Club of Kathmandu Kirtipur
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