Eternal University | NATIONAL EYE DONATION FORTNIGHT 2021

NATIONAL EYE DONATION FORTNIGHT 2021

Rally and street play

NATIONAL EYE DONATION FORTNIGHT

Introduction:

The Literary club has been found to promote languages and literature. From time to time, the club organizes a rich and diverse array of literary activities such as debates, declamations, panel discussions, essay writing, quiz competition, etc. Through these activities our students reach out to language and literature lovers and try to create a space for sharing emotions and thoughts.

This activity was planned so that our students can become more creative, imaginative and thoughtful.

On the occasion of National Eye Donation Fortnight 2021 Akal College of Nursing faculty Literary club in charges had organized activities regarding National Eye Donation Fortnight Celebration on 28^th August 2021

Ø The goal of the national eye donation fortnight

Encourage people to share their eyes after death.
Educate people that eye donation does no harm after death.
Spreading knowledge about the need for an eye transplant.

Ø National eye donation fortnight theme

Many people celebrate the national gift of the eyes for encouragement. To provide their precious eyes so they can see the natural environment. It is good to have a better eye to see the environment and everything clear to ensure the security of anything harmful.

The eyes are important for working and traveling anywhere in the world. Without the eyes, a person can see nothing that they call a blind person. Therefore, the government has identified several of the following topics to encourage and motivate people to turn to those in need.

Eye Donation Day 2021

We have over 20,000 new cases of blindness in a year because of eye injuries. Vitamin A deficiency, infection, malnutrition and lots of other problems. The eyes of humans can only be restored with the help of a corneal transplant.
The government has launched numerous campaigns to increase eye donations and give people the knowledge and information they need to prevent and heal. It is also important to give each person the knowledge of the Camps of the Eye donation.

The National Eye Donation Fortnight is celebrated to create general public awareness about the importance of eye donation and to motivate people to pledge their eyes for donation after death.
- Ø All we need to know about eye donation
- Eye donation is donating one's eyes after his/her death.
- Only corneal blind people are benefitted from donated eyes.
- Corneal blindness is the loss of sight due to damage in the tissue covering the front of eye called cornea.
- Anyone can donate their eyes irrespective of age, sex and blood group.
- The cornea should be removed within an hour of death.
- Eyes of donated person can save the vision of two corneal blind people.
- Eye removal takes only 10-15 minutes and leaves no scar or disfigurement of the face.
- Donated eyes are never bought or sold. Eye donation is never refused.
Contact the eye bank to become a registered eye donor

Event Schedule

Sr. No.

Event

Class

Teacher’s In charge

Rally

B.Sc. Nursing 2^nd year

Dr. Anupama.k

Ms. Pratibha Khagta

Ms. Sameeksha

Ms. Ranjana Thakur

Street Play

B.Sc. Nursing 2^nd year and 4^th year

· Let us come together and provide valuable information to our near and dear ones about the need for eye care and brighten everybody’s lives.

· Activities done:

Formal permission was taken from the Dean of Health and allied Sciences and invitation was sent to each and every department of Eternal University. Students of Akal College of Nursing were had arranged the things with the help of their teachers and one registration counter was made, so that the volunteers can register them self for eye donation.

The students of Akal College of nursing were arranged by their teachers in the rows for the rally. The day celebration was started with the introduction of the programme which was given by Mrs. Jaswinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, then she welcomed the Dean of Health and Allied Sciences. Dean Madam had motivated the students and faculty of Eternal University with her encouraging words and had started the celebration with the Flag Hosting.

After that oath was taken by each and every member present at the venue for the Eye Donation under the guidance of Mrs. Pratibha Khagta.

Students of 4^th year had done a Street play in front of the University gate that was based on the Eye donation/ theme of the day.

After the street pay the rally was started from the Eternal University, all the students of the EU had participated in the rally enthusiastically. The rally went from Eternal University to ARY and from ARY to Sangat building then it came back in the same form and rally ended in front of the Eternal University.

In the front of Eternal University Snacks were arranged for the staff and students. On this day, all volunteers, teachers and non-teaching members of the AABS and the EU had participated in the Rally.