Eye donation awareness seminar at Fazilka school

A seminar to bring awareness on eye donation was organised by a non-government organisation (NGO) at Sarvhitkari Vidya Mandir in Fazilka today.

The chief guest at the event, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Popli, said eye donation was a noble work. He said the district administration was ready to cooperate with social organisations to take the noble work forward. He said donating a person’s eyes would bring light to the lives of two people.

The ADC appreciated the Social Welfare Society that has so far celebrated 39th National Eye Donation Awareness Fortnight in 40 years and has been associated with the eye donation project for over 17 years.

Naresh Mittal, a social activist, said students should become strong message carriers to create awareness about eye donation. He said there was no cost or loss from donating one’s eyes.

Other activists, including Charanjit Kaur Maini and Sandeep Aneja, also made an appeal to the students to create awareness for eye donation.

Shashikant, president of the society, said the organisation holds second position in the state in eye donation, and so far 442 eyes have been donated.

The school principal, Madhu Sharma, praised the project and said everyone should participate in this noble work. The medical wing chairperson of the society, Bimla Dhawan, led a pledge to donate eyes to all the attendees and students and create awareness about it in society.

During the program, a booklet, ‘An Untold Legacy’ written by Tejaswini, a student of Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh, was distributed. The book is in the context of the problems faced by children and women in education and their solutions.