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VOSH International-USA-India chapter #LoveYourEyes was the theme of two
organised an eye health project for competitions for employees of Doctors For
underprivileged children at BECC Centre You and students of Red Boys Foundation. The
(Mumbai) in association with Giants Group of topics for the posters were Eye Care for Children,
Jogeshwari under the leadership of its president, Nutrition for Healthy Eyes, Digital Eye Strain and
optometrist Yogita Rajgandhi. Myopia Control.
The importance of eye health, nutrition and Red Boys Foundation in association with
regular eye check-ups were explained to the Patshala Coaching Classes and Giants Group
children. Vision screening, torch examination, of Jogeshwari under the leadership of Ms
anterior segment and ocular motility, orthoptic Rajgandhi conducted fun poster-making,
evaluation and colour vision tests were done by slogan-writing and video-making competitions
students of ITM University under the instruction with prizes for children, grades 6 and above. Of
and guidance of Ms Rajgandhi. Of the 18 the 35 children, 25 were girls.
children screened 14 had normal vision and *****
four were referred for further dilated refraction
evaluation.

An eye screening project
was also held at the Red
Boys Foundation that works
towards the development
of the underprivileged in
Mumbai. Of the 41 students
(classes 6 to 10), 16 were
referred for further dilated eye
examination and 14 received
spectacles.
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