Our Mission Jyot programme is aimed at establishing Vision Centres in remote parts of the country and encouraging people to seek care earlier, therefore preventing vision problems from worsening and enabling people to reintegrate into the workforce quicker. These easily accessible and sustainable centres act as the ďŹ rst point of interface, of the population with comprehensive eye care services provided by a skilled eye care worker in a cost-eective manner. Our Vision Centres are set up carefully in rural or underserved urban/semi-urban areas based on the need, accessibility and availability of existing services.
MISSION JYOT Oering comprehensive primary eye-care via the Vision Centre model.
In a move to create sustainable impact, we decided to expand the programme and established 24 Vision Centres last year. By the end of March 2020, Mission for Vision enabled the establishment of 41 Vision Centres, 9 of which it implements itself, and has plans for establishing around 250 such centres over the next few years. With the unprecedented times ahead in terms of COVID-19 pandemic, we believe the Vision Centre model holds great potential in enabling eye care to communities in need and eliminating needless blindness at the same time. 16
