Uncorrected refractive error

The Problem

Refractive errors occur when the eye is unable to properly focus images on the retina, resulting in blurred vision. These are due to myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism and presbyopia. When refractive errors are left uncorrected or when the correction is inadequate, they can cause severe visual impairment and even blindness. Refractive errors may not be addressed for a variety of reasons, including a lack of awareness or recognition by the individual or family, limited availability or affordability of refractive services and glasses and cultural stigmas that discourage the use of glasses.

Global Impact
Uncorrected refractive error is responsible for 43 percent of global vision impairment, with 5 million people having gone blind. Half of all cases of refractive error go undetected and untreated. This lack of treatment makes uncorrected refractive error the leading cause of blindness in children and adolescents. Due to uncorrected refractive error, the more than 12 million visually-impaired children ages 5 to 15 also suffer critical setbacks in development since learning is often visually-based.

Treatment
Refractive errors can be easily corrected with glasses or other refractive interventions. Treatment is cost-effective, has a significant impact on quality of life and can prevent the problem from advancing to severe impairment or blindness.

Trinity Care Foundation Work
With funds raised from external sources and CSR Initiatives, uncorrected refractive error has become a new program area for the Foundation in Karnataka State, India

Funding Priorities:
Trinity Care Foundation will support capacity building and the development of systems for the manufacture and distribution of new glasses and target underserved school-aged children. The following are priorities for uncorrected refractive error projects:

Focus on capacity building and the development of systems for the manufacture and distribution of new glasses rather than the provision of individual eye glasses.

• Target underserved school-aged children and other populations.
• Remain flexible in approach to adapt to each environment.
• Help develop comprehensive and sustainable eye care systems.
• Use and/or collect data to identify and evaluate projects.
• Provide high-quality eye care services.
• Engage Corporates as advocates.
• Projects should contain these elements:
• Community-based early detection and referral services
• Diagnosis and provision of glasses at eye care centers
• Follow-up and compliance

In general, These projects reach populations who are underserved or who have limited or no access to eye health care services. The program funds high-quality, sustainable projects that deliver eye care services, develop infrastructure, train personnel and/or provide rehabilitation and education in underserved communities.
You could start Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiatives for your Company in association with us. Such healthcare projects will make CSR contribution targeted, making them simple to execute as turnkey CSR projects. ‘Promoting healthcare’ is an area identified under schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 that is eligible to receive CSR funding either directly or through an implementing agency that has a track record.

For CSR partnership,
Write to – support@trinitycarefoundation.org  or
Call Dr. Thomas +91 9880394959 or Mr.Binu +91 9880358888

Trinity Care Foundation executed CSR Projects : http://trinitycarefoundation.org/csrprogrammesindia  & https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums

Transforming Children Faces | Karnataka, India

We help underprivileged children and young adults, for treatable facial deformities such as cleft lip, cleft palate, tmj ankylosis, nose and ear conditions and other facial conditions.

Even though we’re a charity for children, we understand that parents want nothing more than to help their children in need and cannot do so due to financial restrictions.

Partnering with Trinity Care Foundation charity in India will prove to be truly rewarding and even more so for the children and families that you will positively impact with your generous donations. Every little life you affect is a smile won and worn on the face of a beautiful child with a future filled with many more.

At Trinity Care Foundation we believe in the future of our children – charity is just one of the many avenues we use to make the joy visible through the smiles of our nation’s children.

About us:

Trinity Care Foundation is a network of highly accomplished and networked public health professionals in Karnataka state, India. They aim to solve the challenges of healthcare in India by working in synergy with the government system. At Trinity Care Foundation we aim to create a more efficient and effective social impact ecosystem using preventative healthcare system.

You could start Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiatives for your Company in association with us. " Write to us - support@trinitycarefoundation.org ”
Such healthcare projects will make CSR contribution targeted, making them simple to execute as turnkey CSR projects. ‘Promoting healthcare’ is an area identified under schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 that is eligible to receive CSR funding either directly or through an implementing agency that has a track record.

For CSR partnership,
Write to – support@trinitycarefoundation.org  or
Call Dr. Thomas +91 9880394959 or Mr.Binu +91 9880358888

Trinity Care Foundation executed CSR Projects : http://trinitycarefoundation.org/csrprogrammesindia  & https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums

Comprehensive School Health Program

About School Health : 

The School Health Program is defined as “the school procedures that contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the health of pupils and school personnel including health services healthful living and health education”. http://trinitycarefoundation.org/preventive/school-health-program

Why School Health ?

The health of young people is strongly linked to their academic success, and the academic success of youth is strongly linked with their health.

• Thus, helping students stay healthy is a fundamental part of the mission of schools. After all, Schools cannot achieve their primary mission of education if students and staff are not healthy.
• Health-related factors, such as hunger, chronic illness, or physical and emotional abuse can lead to poor school performance.
• Health-risk behaviors such as substance use, violence, and physical inactivity are consistently linked to academic failure and often affect students’ school attendance, grades, test scores and ability to pay attention in class.

Process being implemented : https://flic.kr/s/aHskrUNsEq  

The team will cover Government schools and Government aided schools in Karnataka State, and undertake the following activities:

1. Pre-screening of students for height, weight, skin, eye, dental, cardiac, caries, oral lesions, facial deformities, etc.,
2. Facilitating medical intervention for those shortlisted through the pre-screening.
3. Impart education on health issues,adolescent health, hand-washing, ill effects of tobacco and tooth brushing techniques to the students.
4. Undertake training for teachers and health workers to carry forward the work.
5. Digital capture of data of each child.

About us:
Trinity Care Foundation is a network of highly accomplished and networked public health professionals in Karnataka state, India. They aim to solve the challenges of healthcare in India by working in synergy with the government system. At Trinity Care Foundation we aim to create a more efficient and effective social impact ecosystem using preventative healthcare system.

Corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) Partnership 

Such healthcare projects will make CSR contribution targeted, making them simple to execute as turnkey CSR projects. ‘Promoting healthcare’ is an area identified under schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 that is eligible to receive CSR funding either directly or through an implementing agency that has a track record.

Trinity Care Foundation executed CSR Projects : http://trinitycarefoundation.org/csrprogrammesindia  & https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums

For CSR partnership,
Write to – support@trinitycarefoundation.org  or
Call Dr. Thomas +91 9880394959 or Mr.Binu +91 9880358888