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	D-2363    India - Chennai Strengthening Eye care $50,000 Every 5 seconds one person in our world goes blind and a child goes blind every minute. 75% of all blindness, around the world could be easily avoided. 90% of children who are blind don't go to school. To provide high quality eye care & free cataract surgery with IOL to the rural poor of Kanchipuram & Tiruvallur districts of Tamilnadu and Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, the Rotary Club of Madras Fort started in 1994 the project “Kannoli-Vision Saver” at Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal, Chennai. Through this project 1,48,435 cataract surgeries with IOL has been done to the rural poor FREE of cost. India with 40.9 million people with diabetes has already become the 'Diabetes Capital of the World' and this number is set to increase to 69.9 million by 2025. In the past five years, 1596 patients from the hospital’s outpatient clinic have been examined to have diabetic retinopathy and advised Fundus Angiography. Non diabetic retinal conditions needing Funds Angiography have been 1417. This project is to diagnose the diabetic retinopathy amongst the diabetic patients. For this purpose, one Fundus Fluorescence Angiography, the diagnistic equipment is needed. This project can be got done in a maximum period of 3 / 4 months. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Madras Fort District: 3230 Primary Contact: Rtn.S.Visvanathan Email: rotaryvisu36@gmail.com Check all projects from: [District 3230] [Madras Fort Rotary Club] [Rtn.S.Visvanathan] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Billericay Mayflower District: 1240 Primary Contact: Rtn A Hunter Email: andy.hunter@perficiam.com Check all projects from: [District 1240] [Billericay Mayflower Rotary Club] [Rtn A Hunter] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Madras Fort $2,500 District 3230 DDF $10,000 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower $7,500 District 1240 DDF $6,000 Rotary Club of BP-DAF $2,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $22,000 Total $50,000 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2012-13 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #78117. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Agne Jankauskaite (Agne.Jankauskaite@rotary.org). <11-Jul-12> System Entry Creation of project page. <20-Sep-12> System Entry Pledge of $2,000 by Rtn A Hunter of the Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower, District 1240. <20-Sep-12> System Entry Pledge of $7,500 with $6,000 DDF by Rtn A Hunter of the Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower, District 1240. <28-Sep-12> System Entry Pledge of $2,000 by Walt Schloer of the Rotary Club of BP-DAF, District 5110. <2-Dec-12> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <2-Dec-12> System Entry TRF Grant Number assigned: 78,117. <2-Dec-12> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <2-Dec-12> by Rtn.S. Visvanathan Rotary Club of Madras Fort, RID 3230 has sent the Club's contribution of US $2,500.00 (INR 1,40,000.00) on 01.12.2012 to Rotary Foundation (India), New Delhi, India. <8-Dec-12> by Rtn.S.Visvanathan Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower, RID 1240 has sent the Club's contribution of US $7,500.00 (GBP 4,800.00) on 07.12.2012 to Rotary Foundation, UK. <20-Aug-13> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed".