MUMBAI: ICICI Lombard continues to fulfill its commitment towards making a difference in the lives of children from the economically weaker sections of society.
As part of its employee volunteering CSR initiative, general insurance company organized the 7th edition of Caring Hands with free eye checkup camps for 36,579 students hailing from 273 schools across 104 locations from the country, on a single day. Out of the total number of pupils screened 5,853 students diagnosed with poor vision.
Mumbai accounted for the highest number of students with 7,555 students from 45 schools, followed by NCR and Hyderabad. In the year 2017, a 22% increase was observed in spectacle requirement since 5,853 students were recommended spectacles compared to last year’s 4,802 students. The western region observed more instances of children requiring spectacles.
495 students (8%) were diagnosed with other eye related complications namely Amblyopia, Cycloplegia, Hypermetropia and headache due to poor vision. However, the rate of complications observed this year has undergone a reduction by 5%.
ICICI Lombard GIC, Head Human Resources, Jerry Jose said, “Our ‘Caring Hands’ program launched in 2011has been the perfect platform for our employees, to reach out to 1.8 lakh underprivileged children and benefit them with improved vision.”
Every year around 3000 employees participate in this unique employee volunteering CSR exercise. Employees of ICICI Lombard take up the onus of obtaining permission from schools, arranging for qualified ophthalmologists and working closely with a central team to organize eye–checkup camps on a single day across the country.
