The #TejKohliandRuitFoundation aims to lift families such as Hari’s out of extreme poverty, and make a direct contribution to the number one #United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to reduce extreme poverty everywhere. #UN #SDG1 #BlindnessandPoverty #TejKohli #DrRuit

Hari and his family weren't always poor. Prior to his blindness, he was a hardworking man and brought home a decent income to sustain his family. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #NeedlessBlindess #2030insight #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness .#TejKohli #DrRuit #EconomicCostofBlindness

On a hot and humid day in Kapilavastu, Hari Pokhrel spends his days sitting outside his hut, cursing his fate for his blindness. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #NeedlessBlindess #2030insight #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #PatientStory

Here, four women who had their cataracts removed during the #TejKohliandRuitFoundaiton inaugural camp in Lumbini, share their happiness upon being able to live a life free from blindness. #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #2030inSight #TejKohli #DrRuit

Here, she sheds a tear as she watches her journey of sight restoration – a task she was unable to do when living with #blindness. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #2030inSight #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit

A cataract surgery costs as little as USD 50. Investment in restoring eyesight outweighs its cost by up to 1500% in the first post-operative year itself. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #2030inSight

Murathi’s surgery was performed by Dr Ruit, Nepal’s #GodofSight, and co-founder of the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation in Lumbini in March, 2021. #2030inSight #NeedlessBlindness #Nepal #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit

Murathi takes great joy in making a contributing to her household chores such as making meals, helping the family during their annual harvest. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #TejKohli #DrRuit

Murathi Parsi was cured of blindness in March, 2021, during the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation inaugural camp in #Lumbini, Nepal. Here, a year and a half later, her life is completely transformed from #needlessblindness. #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness

To take much needed eye care to the communities that need them the most, we have successfully staged 79 outreach microsurgical eye camps across Nepal, curing thousands of #needlessblindness. #2030insight #TejKohli #DrRuit #OutreachCamps #PreventableBlindness

The #TejKohliandRuitFoundation has successfully screened 145,791 people as of July, 2022 – meaning, we have inching close to 15% of our target to screen one million by 2030. #2030insight #TejKohli #DrRuit #ScreeningOneMillion #ScreeningCamps #NeedlessBlindness

As we screened 145, 791 people in the first sixteen months, we were successful in identifying and curing 17,289 people of #cataractblindness in Nepal. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #NeedlessBlindess #2030insight #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness

Sonapathi Tharu had been living with a visual impairment and never got the opportunity to have her eyes checked. She arrived at a #TejKohliandRuitFoundation camp and was informed that she was living with cataract blindness. #UNSDG1 #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit #2030inSight

In June, 2022, the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation screened 1,607 patients in Bardiya District to identify, and cure an entire community of #needlessblindness. #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight #NeedlessBlindness #ScreeningCamps #2030inSight #Blindness #VisionLoss #TejKohli #DrRuit

In a high school in Motipur, Bardiya District, which has been converted into a screening camp for the residents of the village, a man has his vision checked. #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight #NeedlessBlindness #2030inSight #Blindness #VisionLoss #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit

The #TejKohliandRuitFoundation has an aspiration to screen one million and cure 300,000 to 500,000 by 2030 while making a significant contribution to the number 1 #UnitedNations Sustainable Development Goal to end extreme poverty everywhere. #UNSDG1 #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit

After screening 1607 patients in Baridya District in June, 2022, the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation identified 76 patients with living with #cataract blindness. #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight #NeedlessBlindness #ScreeningCamps #2030inSight #Blindness #VisionLoss #TejKohli #DrRuit

Locals from Gauripara, yet again a majority of them women, await their turn at the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation screening camp in Bardiya District, Nepal. #Blindness #VisionLoss #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight ScreeningCamps #TejKohli #DrRuit #2030inSight

Umer Sadiq, an ophthalmic assistant at Fatehbal Eye Hospital screens the eyes of a patient during a #TejKohliandRuitFoundation screening camp in Bardiya District, Nepal in June, 2022. #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight #NeedlessBlindness #ScreeningCamps #2030inSight #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit

The #TejKohliandRuitFoundation is on a mission to screen one million in the developing world, with a special focus on women and children. #UNSDG1 #RighttoSight #NeedlessBlindness #GenderInequality #2030inSight #TejKohli #DrSandukRuit