What is Eye donation? Why is it important?
There are hundreds of thousands of visually handicapped  people in our country. It is estimated that out of this about 10 lakh people can regain vision with appropriate treatment. Surgery can restore vision to those who have become blind due to cataract or those whose cornea has been affected. The damaged whitish cornea should be replaced by a crystal like healthy cornea which has been donated by a healthy person. So eye-donation should be encouraged in a large scale, as one of the best means of social service. To enable another person obtain vision is one of the best forms of charity. Even after death the donor lives in the eyes of recipient. Eyes from a dead person can enable two blind people to acquire vision.

Why should Eyes be donated?

There is no substitute for human tissue. The transplantation process depends upon the priceless gift of cornea donation from one human to the next. The use of artificial tissue for transplantation has been unsuccessful.

Why you should consider Eye Donation?

There are lakhs of Children and adults in India who are blind. They know only one color BLACK. If you donate your eyes, you are giving vision to two blind people and making their life self dependent and joyful.

The gift of sight that will dramatically improve the quality of life for a person who has otherwise lived a life of total darkness.

Where are we in Corneal Transplantation?

There is a severe lack of donor eyes in India and only 5,000 operations are being performed every year, while more than 30,000 new victims are added each year to the total list of 7 lakhs patients to be cured. In spite of having professional surgeons, corneal transplantation cannot be carried out due to lack of donor corneas. In India there are more than 80 lakh deaths every year but sadly the corneal donations do not exceed a few thousand.

The reason for this may be
 --Lack of awareness in General public
 --Improper development of infrastructure in villages
 --Absence of motivation even among the trained personnel
--Social & religious taboos.

What can you do for Eye Bank ?

INFORM the Eye Bank if unfortunately there is death among the relatives
JOIN HANDS with us for the movement of EYE DONATION
MOTIVATE family members of the person who has died in your area.
SPREAD information about eye donation
Your WORD OF MOUTH will help the movement
YOUR WILLINGNESS to donate eyes of your close relative after death will be greatly appreciated by the blind who will now have sight.
You can ENROLL your name for voluntary eye donation
You can offer your SERVICE to eye bank in any form

Making the DECISION

The decision about whether to donate your eyes is not a simple one for most people. Many reasons for donating eyes have been expressed by donors and their families. Often these people will say things like

It won't be needing my eyes when I'm gone, so if they can be of use to someone else, then why not help them out"

If some good can come out of our family's tragedy, then that will help to lessen our grief"

Part of the diseased will live on and provide sight to blind persons.