23 Aug, 2011
John Keells Foundation (JKF) joined hands with HelpAge Sri Lanka and the NGO, So Others May See Inc. (SOMS) to conduct an eye camp on 23rd August 2011 at the MOH Office of Padavi-Parakramapura in Padaviya, Anuradhapura. The eye camp was involved with a cataract clinic and a spectacles clinic conducted in collaboration with HelpAge and SOMS respectively. Over 460 participants attended the eye camp. Of these, 54 patients diagnosed with cataract will undergo surgery at the Anuradhapura Hospital, under the sponsorship of JKF. Meanwhile, the spectacles funded by JKF were distributed to 407 persons by SOMS. On the same day, another 286 spectacles funded by JKF were distributed by SOMS at a separate eye camp conducted in Padavi-Sripura.