Agreement between Nepal Netra Jyoti Association & Qatar Charity

KATHMANDU: Nepal Netrajyoti Sangh and Qatar Charity have struck an agreement to collaborate in the field of eye health.

The agreement was signed by the President of the Nepal Netra Jyoti Association, Prof. Dr. Chetraj Pant, General Secretary Bharat Bahadur Chand, Country Director Mohammad Bakas, and program manager Irsad Ali Sheikh on behalf of Qatar Charity on Monday at the Netra Jyoti building.

The agreement states that 2,200 cataract patients will be treated for free by conducting various eye camps for residents of the rural areas of Banke, Kapilvastu, Rautahat, Sunsari, and Sarlahi districts. Qatar Charity will fund eye camps and operations, while Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh will give technical assistance.

Speaking at the agreement signing event, Dr. Shailesh Kumar Mishra, the executive director of the association, expressed his belief that by the year 2030, with the help and cooperation of charity organizations like Qatar Charity, blindness that can be cured after treatment will be eradicated from Nepal.

Similarly, speaking at the event, Qatar Charity Country Director Mohammad Bakas stated that the charity has been working in the fields of education, health, food, and livelihood for the past 5 years and that this agreement was signed with Netra Jyoti Association for the restoration of vision through cataract surgery in the health sector, with over 2,000 patients directly benefiting.

Even now, residents from other nations travel to Nepal for eye care since the services are affordable and of great quality.

Speaking at the event, the association’s president, Prof. Dr. Chetraj Pant, expressed his view that citizens who are deprived of eye therapy owing to a lack of funds can receive free eye treatment through collaboration with Qatar Charity.

In collaboration with various donor agencies, the Nepal government, and various local levels of the association, the association currently provides quality eye treatment services at affordable prices through 27 eye hospitals, 150 eye treatment centres, and 44 district branches across the country, as well as thousands of free eye examination and surgery camps annually.

Similarly, Qatar Charity has been running several initiatives in 9 different districts of Nepal in conjunction with local partners as part of the ‘Nepal Integrated Development Program (NIDP)-2’ project. In Nepal, the charity has been encouraged, particularly in the fields of production and health.