Bengaluru Rotaract holds mega eye camps
A three-year-old Rotaract club, RAC Bangalore Revolution, RID 3191, is organising mega eye camps at government and private schools, screening over 2,700 students, and has distributed spectacles to 270 children till now. Project Active Eyes ropes in NGOs and eye hospitals to screen children for eye defects in the last two years. “In July 2022, we tied up with the Sankara Eye Hospital, and in July 2023, we roped in Globe Eye Foundation, a local NGO, to conduct the eye check-up camps,” said Preksha Y L, club president. So far, the project has reached out to eight government and private schools across Bengaluru.
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