ALL INDIA BLIND WELFARE WEEK
The
week begins from the auspicious ‘Shiva Chaturdashi’
Day, which is the birthday of the Late Swami Asimananda
Saraswati, founder of the event. He dedicated his Birthday
to the welfare of the sightless and instructed his disciples
and devotees-‘Observe my birthday through your selfless
service to the blind’.
Impelled
by an intense urge to serve the entire blind population
of the country, Swamaji started observing a Blind Welfare
Week from 1967 .On an annual basis funds are collected
nationally and distributed amongst different Blind Welfare
Organisation /Institutions in the country, .The Society
has not only kept this up for the last 35 years but also
made a considerable headway towards the founder’s
objective.
As per the desire of Swamiji 50% of the distributable
has since been handed over to the Netaji Eye Hospital
and the remaining 50% has been distributed amongst our
other enlisted Blind Welfare Institutions. As ordained
by our Founder, Swami Asimananda Saraswati, we have been
observing All India Blind Welfare Week in this country
for the last 35 years to raise mass conciousness about
the plight of the sightless, highlighting their problems
and despairs
41ST ALL INDIA BLIND WELFARE WEEK
The objectives of All India Welfare Week are :
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To
uphold the cause of blindness permanently before the
people in general by publicity through meetings, symposiums
and powerful media and thereby involve the countrymen
to combat the scourges of blindness.
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To
render free treatments to eye patients in the rural
areas with Eye Specialists by holding Eye Camps through
Mobile Medical Units.
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To
draw the attention of school teachers, as well as parents
and guardians of children to the visual impairment and
eye problems and to impress on them the necessity of
taking prompt action.
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To
devise ways and means of rehabilitation for the sightless.
To publicise the above mentioned measures through the
press and Audio-visual Mass Media.
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To
draw the attention of the Central and the State Governments
to extend their active support to the visually handicapped
in collaboration with private organisations.
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To
raise funds from the public, Institutions and other
sources through special drives during the Week, for
the welfare of the sightless people who need education
& rehabilitation
