Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital have partnered to set up 71 comprehensive eye health camps for adult beneficiaries and 1,667 student sight testing programmes for school-going children, said a press release.
The initiative will reach 10,000 adults across Dhaka city and 2,50,000 students across Naogaon, Jamalpur, Barishal, Borguna and Moulvibazar. The initiative will also support the transportation of surgery patients and provide beneficiaries with eyewear, optics and essential medicine, it said.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said, 鈥楾he social impacts of preventing avoidable vision impairment are vast, ranging from educational attainment, livelihood generation, to poverty eradication.鈥�
Brigadier General AKM Akhtaruzzaman (retired), CEO of Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital, said, 鈥極ur long-standing partnership with Standard Chartered has helped us further our goal to provide quality eye-care to the underserved people of the community.鈥�
The bank鈥檚 flagship community engagement program, Futuremakers by Standard Chartered, is dedicated to helping the next generation to learn, earn and grow.