The Blindness Prevention Week is held from 1 to 7 April 2023. The Indian government organizes the campaign on the above mentioned dates to raise awareness about the blind. Blindness is a serious and painful problem and only the blind can understand the pain. The campaign was organized to raise awareness for all the citizens of the country to remind them of the value of eyes for the blind, for people who are blind by birth or lose their eyesight due to an accident.
The WHO together with International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and other non-governmental organizations decided on the theme with an effort “The Right to Sight” with the goal of eliminating preventable blindness.
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness was founded in 1960 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860). It was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur. NSPB is a completely voluntary organization that receives contributions and donations and they actively collaborate with Sight Savers, Rotary International and other large companies.
