Swikrit Lahure Kancha's Fundraiser:
Team Cureblindness SF Marathon 2011
Swikrit
ORGANIZER: HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC
EVENT: San Francisco Marathon 2011
EVENT DATE: Jul 31, 2011
DEADLINE TO GIVE: Jul 30, 2011
HERE'S THE STORY:
There are many ways you can give back to society, be like Dr Sanduk Ruit or help him perfom many Cataract Surgery and give Vision to the People.
$20 you donate can give VISION to ONE PERSON, $20= 1 Vision!!
Oh About me, I Love to Run, My Goal is to Qualify for Boston Marathon (Run 26.2 Miles in less than 3 hrs 10 min)[within couple of years] and someday run Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii ;-)) and I LOVE to GIVE BACK to SOCIETY!!
[TOP TWO DONORs will receive SMALL GIFT FROM NEPAL] :-))
HCP[Himalaya Cataract Project] is currently working throughout the Himalayas[Afghanistan, Bhutan, China/Tibet, India, Nepal and Pakistan] and in regions of Sub-Saharan Africa[Ghana,Nigeria,Malawi,Rwanda,Uganda,Kenya and Ethiopia] They have also worked in North Korea!!
My Best time for 13.1 Mile (Half-Marathon) was 1:34:14!!
HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC wrote -
The Himalayan Cataract Project’s mission is to reach the greatest number of unserved blind people, with the highest quality care, at the lowest possible cost. HCP was founded in 1995. Since then it has become a leader in international health innovation in the developing world based on its unrivaled model in eye care.
The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) has programs throughout the Himalayan region of South Asia and in numerous countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. With all of our programs, the primary focus is on training local Ophthalmologists and the establishment of sustainable eye care infrastructure, and it is this commitment to education and sustainability that sets us apart from other organizations.
HCP was co-founded by two intrepid ophthalmologists, Dr. Sanduk Ruit and Dr. Geoff Tabin, started the Himalayan Cataract Project to fulfill their personal goals of eradicating as much unnecessary blindness in their lifetimes as possible. Drs. Ruit and Tabin have proven that hospital quality standards can be applied in poor areas lacking electricity and clean water. Their inventive approach and dogged perseverance made what 20 years ago was considered impossible – possible.
Today HCP reaches the most unreachable patients wherever its services are needed through a combination of:
• teaching ophthalmic care at all levels,
• furthering specialized care through training and skills transfer, country by country,
• establishing self sustaining eye care centers, and
• performing sutureless cataract operations in 6 to 7 minutes, at a low cost, with excellent outcomes.
For more information visit http://www.cureblindness.org
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DONATION: $50