Badaga Community

Occasional poster Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 57

Dear All,

A free Eye camp is being conducted by NandiSeva Trust in association with Rotary Club of Ketti Valley and Shankara Eye foundation Kovai on the 13th May at 10 a.m. in Jagathala village.

I request members to inform the people at the nearby villages about the camp. The patients will be taken to Kovai for operations and brought back free of cost.

This has come about due to the small seed laid by nramesh in this forum
ref: http://www.badaga.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

Thanks to him that we are able to conduct this event. We shall try and ensure that once in 15 days a medical camp is done in any of our badaga villages and we cover all the villages.

Regards

Senthil

Frequent poster Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 194

This is really a very good initiative

It happend in our hatty Horasholai as well,it took place a month ago and several people were provided spectacles and 10 people were taken to comibatore and their eyes were operated,all expenses were taken care by the trust.

Hats off to the trust

Frequent poster Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 293

Good News ! Better people turnout ! Best the camp would be ! The Best option for the Sexagenarian or more ! Long Live the Trust !...

Frequent poster Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 130

Great Initiative and looking for all villages in future .. hats of all those who all r involved in a such wonderful initiatives ...

warm Regards

sathish kumar.R

Frequent poster Joined: 31 Dec 1998 Posts: 131

Let the trust Grow into huge shadow providing tree

Occasional poster Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 57

Dear All,

The eye camp was successful.

In all 82 people were checked ( Male 42 , Female 39 and a child)
Total people advised for surgery was - 07
Patients unfit for surgery due to high sugar or bp - 04
Patients taken for surgery 03
One patient opted for a surgery on his own cost and he was offered 50 % reduction in the surgery cost.

In all 4 people were successfully operated and brought back to hatty. ( 3 free and 1 paid 50%)

The following are the patients who were operated free,

Seethiyammal - aged 90
Kunnammal aged 76,
and J krishnan aged 65.

The next Eye camp is scheduled on JUNE 10th at FINGER POST , OOTY and I request all of you to inform more people so that more people can get benefited

regards
senthil

Occasional poster Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 37

Great Work Senthil Anna...keep going...
I kindly request people in and around ooty to please co-operate and make the camp a big success...

Thank You
N.Ramesh

Frequent poster Joined: 31 Dec 1999 Posts: 279

Dear Senthil Anna,

Lighting up a thousand eyes, so they can see the world better, may the blessings of Hetthaiamma be with you. Hats off.

Let me know the cost of organising one such camp.

Frequent poster Joined: 01 Aug 2001 Posts: 198

Fantastic effort and kudos to Ramesh and Senthil.

Recently, on 15 May 07 Badaga Day - Ari Gowder day was celebrated at Nattakkal, Kotagiri. ( I am writing a separate post on this soon).

In that meeting, I had mentioned about these eye camps and how our hattis can get benefitted. Hope, forgetting their personal egos and traditional 'non co-operation', many "GOWDAS" will take advantage of this excellent initiative.

Occasional poster Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 57

Dear members,

Please let me know, which hatty the next camps have to be done so that we can plan and cover all our villages over a period of time. If need be, we can have camps once in 15 days. Let us first concentrate on areas where more people are having eye problems that require surgery.

Regards,
R.Senthil Kumar

Frequent poster Joined: 31 Dec 1999 Posts: 279

Hi Sendhil Anna,

Could u block June 17 for our hatty, B.Manihatty?

It will be a short notice for our hatty elders & me as well, nevertheless, Im still confident we can hold it.

I will fly down from Delhi to hatty if u can confirm.

Let me know asap, need talk to our elders & book my tickets.

Occasional poster Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 57

Dear Hari,

We can have the next camp in the next month, ie July at your place. Before that, I may have to make a preliminery visit to your hatty.

Regards and thanks for your initiative.

R.Senthil Kumar

Frequent poster Joined: 31 Dec 1999 Posts: 279

Hi Anna,

My uncle Mr.Raju (9442167799) will coordinate with you, I have already appraised him, he is quite upbeat and happy, he will introduce you to our hatty elders(both dodda manihatty and kunna manihatty), but you need to visit only during the weekend, saturday or sunday because himself and his friends group are all working professionals.

You can discuss the date which you are comfortable, pls make it a sunday, so that I can come down as well.