Bringing eye care within reach, since 5 years
Ghaswala Vision Foundation is a Mumbai-based charitable trust helping people access eye care they may otherwise go without. Working with doctors, hospitals and community organisations, we support eligible patients through diagnosis, treatment and essential care.
3,443
patients
Supported through GVF’s care
₹2.23
crore
Total expenditure since 2002
5
years
Of supporting access to eye care
Read the story of how one experience led to a foundation dedicated to making eye care accessible
A foundation built around one simple belief: care should reach the people who need it.
4,091 records of care. 3,443 people.
Ghaswala Vision Foundation is a Mumbai-based public charitable trust working to improve access to eye care for people who may not otherwise be able to afford it.
Reversible blindness refers to vision loss that can potentially be treated or improved with the right diagnosis, treatment and timely care. Yet for many people, the challenge isn’t whether treatment exists, but whether they can reach and afford it. GVF helps close that gap by supporting eligible patients through diagnosis, treatment and essential care.
It started with one woman who had already given everything she could.
A diagnosis is only the beginning. For someone who cannot afford care, the cost of tests, treatment, surgery or essential medicines can be enough to put necessary care out of reach.
GVF exists to help close that gap — supporting eligible patients through the care they need, while working with a wider network to make that care possible.
Read the story of how one experience led to a foundation dedicated to making eye care accessible
A journey of more than two decades
1909
International Recognition for a New Model
GVF’s Alternate Site Restoration Model, developed and tested through its work on the ground, received international recognition at a conference in Dubai.
1909
International Recognition for a New Model
GVF’s Alternate Site Restoration Model, developed and tested through its work on the ground, received international recognition at a conference in Dubai.
From one patient’s story to a way of making care more reachable.
Today, GVF works through an Alternate Site Restoration Model — bringing the intervention closer to the patient instead of expecting the patient to travel further for care.
Working with local eye-care centres and a wider network of partners, GVF supports eligible patients through diagnosis, treatment and essential care.
The workshop describes this model as specifically taking the intervention to the patient and connects it to how people move across Mumbai and its surrounding areas.
Care where it’s needed
Bringing treatment closer to patients through local intervention centres.
Support the full need
Diagnosis, tests, treatment, surgery and post-operative medicines can all form part of the support.
Work through a network
GVF works alongside doctors, hospitals, NGOs and other organisations to make care possible.
A different kind of need
In Motihari, GVF has identified a backlog of around 200–250 children needing care for paediatric cataract.
Roughly 40% more than the paediatric cataract cases identified in Mumbai
Explore Impact- Global visionary awarddubai · 2024
- Angel of mumbai
- Rotary vocational service award
- Darpan
A few milestones worth recognising.
Over the years, GVF’s work in making eye care more accessible has received recognition across organisations and institutions.
The people carrying the work forward.
Founder
Founder & Managing Trustee
Founder
Founder & Managing Trustee
Founder
Founder & Managing Trustee
The founder’s story
Hear the story that set GVF in motion, told by the founder.
There’s more than one way to help.
Whether you give, connect us to the right people, or help build GVF’s long-term capacity, your support can help more patients access the care they need.
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