WORLD SIGHT DAY IN PICTURES

Dar es salaam, Tanzania: The two-day World Sight Day organized by the Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Pwani began today and by the time this story and pictures were printed, more than five hundred Dar es Salaam Residents were examined, treated for eye ailments and others with more serious problems were referred for further management in bigger hospitals.

Long ques of members of the public were seen waiting for their turns to be examined by doctors, optometrists and at temporary dispensing tables. Huge tents were erected to shelter patients from the scorching bright sunny morning and afternoon.

Pwani Club President Lion Pushpa Shah, Club Secretary Lion Eng. Sayed Rizwan Qadri, Convenor and MC for the ceremonies Lion Zahira Patwa and other Lion Members from the club and a few from other Fraternity clubs of Dar es Salaam were also helping to organize the camp.

An Optometrist checks the vision of one of the more than five hundred patients who turned up at the free for all Eye Camp at the open Mnazi Mmoja grounds to mark the World Sight Day.

On Thursday morning, the day begins with a procession from the Standard Bank in the city centre to the venue of the eye camps located in the open Mnazi Mmoja grounds in the heart of the city. The opening ceremon y will be officially done by Regional Commissioner Hon. Said Mack Sadiq and sources indicated that the Minister for Health Hon. Hussain Mwinyi will also spend sometime at the opening ceremony and see the proceedings of the Eye Camp.

More than five hundred people were examined during the first day to mark the World Sight Day Eye Camp in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday 9th October. Lions Club of Pwani spearheaded the event in cooperation with Mahila Hindu Mandal and Welfare Association of Pakistanis in Tanzania.