The Nasara Women Development Foundation (also known as Nasara Foundation) has provided free medical services to no fewer than 1,500 beneficiaries in Kebbi State in a medical outreach, which took place recently at the Kebbi Medical Centre, Kalgo.
The outreach, which was the first phase of the community eye care programme by the Foundation, saw the beneficiaries getting free feeding and transport fare.
Done in partnership with Tulsi Chanrai Foundation, 500 beneficiaries had free cataract diagnosis and eye surgeries, while 1,000 others received prescription glasses for refractive errors apart from treating others with eye issues such as allergies and infections.
During a tour of the Medical Centre, the Wife of Kebbi State Governor, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris said that her Foundation “is committed to supporting the administration of His Excellency, Comrade (Dr.) Nasir Idris in its quest to having a healthy and vibrant state”.
According to the Founder of Nasara Foundation, ”this would be the second of such medical outreach after the one we did prior to the 2023 election. We are aware that there are many people who have eye defects and may not have funds to spend in the hospitals to correct such defects.
“We have not only arranged for free eye surgeries for 500 beneficiaries, but the other 1,000 people would also benefit from free diagnosis, treatment and prescription glasses. We are also feeding all the beneficiaries and providing them with transport fare. We have done all of these so that none of them would be left out”.
On the involvement of Tulsi Chanrai Foundation, the Programme Manager of Kebbi Eye, Deshpande Chandrakant said that they had been relentlessly pursuing the cause of preventable blindness through high quality and high-volume cataract surgeries in and around Kebbi State for over two decades.
He added: ”Considering the high prevalence, we are open to collaboration with like-minded organisations that can support the cause. Nasara Foundation, under leadership of Her Excellency, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris, had previously partnered with us by supporting outreach for eye care.
“His Excellency, Governor Idris appreciates the deliverables achieved by the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation and is always supportive of the initiatives. The outreach is an additional component to reach out to patients’ eye care, specifically cataract. This shall help in identification and treatment of cataract patients”.
