Samsung organises free eyecare camps

Huma Siddiqui

In line with its philosophy of contributing to the welfare of communities it operates in, Samsung India Electronics Ltd is organising 25 free eye check-up camps in Delhi and neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Starting from early October, the company has already organised free camps in Sahibabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonepat and Rewari. The camps will last till the year end.

“The free eye check-ups are being carried out by Delhi-based Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre, which is an organisation committed to taking quality eyecare to the doorstep of the visually afflicted people living in urban slums and rural areas of India,” says S S Lee, managing director of Samsung India.

“We carried out similar free eye check-up camps through Venu Eye Institute in the last quarter of 1999. Based on their success, we decided to carry out such camps this year as well,” he says. The number and the reach of the eye camps has been extended this year.
Samsung says it believes in returning to the community some of the profits that the company earns from it. In February this year, the company supported SOS Children’s Villages of India in its relief work in the earthquake affected state of Gujarat, Mr Lee said.

Samsung’s contribution went towards supporting the Emergency Child Relief Camps in Rapar, Anjar and Bhachau. These camps extended relief services to around 1,250 quake-affected children in these areas.