Mission for Vision - Annual Report 2021-2022

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Dear Colleagues,

Last year was among the most significant at Mission for Vision and the entire eye health fraternity.

By the end of the year, we had helped establish two new eye hospitals in the country, 34 new vision centres and embarked on innovative initiatives to address retinopathy of prematurity and eye cancer among neonates and children, respectively. Our training programme for Allied Ophthalmic Personnel grew in strength and we also commenced working in the State of Sikkim.

Globally, eye health received significant attention with the 74th World Health Assembly officially adopting two major global targets for integrated people-centred eye care, and the first ever UN Resolution on Vision, Everyone: Accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

These milestones helped maintain momentum and optimism during the several months of the pandemic.

All of the above was possible due to persistent efforts and optimism of our team, the resilience of our partners and the unstinted support of our founder, board and supporters. We remain immensely grateful to them.

Going forward, we are optimistic that we will appropriately address the weakened eye health systems of the past two years with the stewardship of our government, partners and supporters, towards our vision of a world free of avoidable blindness.

Thanking you, and with best regards,

Ms Elizabeth Kurian

CEO, Mission for Vision