Standard Chartered Bank has been collaborating with Sightsavers India for over two decades under its ‘Seeing is Believing’ initiative to strengthen eye services in remote regions and underserved communities. On World Sight Day 2023, 12th October, Aranya Jyoti—an initiative to explore community-based eye health intervention in and around selected National Parks of India to primarily serve the tribal population will be launched by Sightsavers India with the support of Standard Chartered Bank.
The programme will address the specific eye care needs of the tribal population by intervening in forest areas of Bandhavgarh National Park. It will assess the current situation of the eye health systems, as well as the community practices regarding accessing eye care services, within both the peripheral and main areas of three national parks—Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, Kaziranga National Park in Assam and Sariska National Park in Rajasthan.
