KARACHI: Standard Chartered has announced to invest $1 million for ‘Seeing is Believing’ programme in Pakistan, which will benefit 1 million people.
This project will be implemented in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi, with government and non-government partners within the framework of National Eye Health Plan of Pakistan.
The overall aim of this project is to treat men and women who are known diabetics, are screened for Diabetic Retinopathy and treated for sight threatening retinopathy (STDR). The Bank, since the launch of the Seeing is Believing programme in 2004, has invested approximately USD 3.3 million to help alleviate avoidable blindness from Pakistan.
Through the various initiatives under the programme, the lives of almost 11 million people across Pakistan have been impacted. A 20 percent reduction in cataract blindness in Pakistan is attributable to this programme.
