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Divyajyoti Trust is a registered charitable trust under Public Charitable Trust Act established recently by philanthropic minded individuals involved in the services of poor people for last two decades.Having imbibed the ideas and ideals suggested by Gandhiji to serve the nation,they have decided to devote their life to the service of humanity in interior rural tribal areas.Joined by several like minded people, trust will get involved in all the activities to help the poor community with the help of available manpower & resources.

Since the main expertise available at this moment is in the field of Ophthalmology, the trust will start working in eye care by setting up an eye hospital.

We are thrilled to have received our #EDcertified status through @NGOsource! Our organization’s #equivalencydetermination certificate is now on file in the NGO source repository for US-based grantmakers to request and access. To learn more about NGOsource, visit www.ngosource.org

Divyajyoti Trust


Suthar Falia, At & Po Mandvi Dist. Surat - 394 160, Gujarat, India
Ph. No.02623 - 221180
Eye Bank Mo.No. 7046991251
Regd. No E 6921 - Surat. 19.1.2010

Hospital Schedule Time:-
Monday to Sunday:-8:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m
2:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m
Sunday:-General OPD -Open
Specality OPD- Closed

Web-mail :- divyajyoti@divyajyotitrust.org
E-mail :- divyajyoti.icare@gmail.com




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News


  • We have performed 1302 surgeries during this month which is just about the same as what we did in March last year - 1406
  • Training of optometry students is going on well. Our 3rd year student Ms. Jyoti Rekha Pani won 1st prize in the online quiz competition organised by Optometry council of India on the occasion of World Optometry day.
  • Theory classes for vision assistant students were going on regularly. They are sent in two batches alternately to the field for our spectacle screening project work which is giving them tremendous exposure. For that reason, theory classes are suspended temporarily.
  • World Optometry day was celebrated by organising quiz and poster competition for students.
  • Theory classes for vision assistant students have again been started regularly. This batch is exceptionally good.
  • Our second year Optometry students (4 of them) attended the ASCON conference at Panji, Goa. They learnt few new things and are encouraged to make presentation next time.
  • We have continued bi monthly visit of a team consisting of Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmic assistant, maintenance staff and cleaning staff to vision.
  • We have shifted door to door screening and adhoc eye camp activity in Mandvi taluka as KAPS authorities signed an MOU to sponsor 600 cataract operations. During the month, we have screened 8214 individuals and distributed 928 readymade spectacles and 109 tailormade spectacles.
  • We did screening of workers at Sharpedge industries, Ahmedabad on 1st March. We examined 146 Workers and 79 were provided spectacles.
  • We have screened 87 babies and treated 3 babies during the month.
  • We started rehabilitation of second group of 24 blinds from this month. Alongside, follow up of curable blinds identified during the survey is also going on. We have started conducting weekly diagnostic eye camps in the project area. 8 Camps were organised during the month. 450 patients were examined and 62 surgeries have been carried out.
  • Enrolement in CTR trial is completed.Eyecreel 600 IOL study of Biotech is ongoing. Total 425 enrolments have already been done. Only the second eye patients are left.
  • 40 enrolments have been done in Amblyopia study. Once we complete six months follow up of all the patients, we will be ready for data analysis and publication..
  • Dr. Uday had gone to Abu road on 23rd March to provide training in quality improvement to the team of Global Eye Hospital run by Brahmakumaris.
  • Construction work is now progressing towards completion. It seems that we will be able to shift to the new campus sometime in a month or so.
  • Umarpada comprehensive screening project implementation started three months back. 8290 individuals were examined during the month. Alongside door to door screening, weekly diagnostic eye camps and awareness sessions at night have been started. 7 Camps were organised and 748 Individuals were examined and 74 surgeries have been performed including patients referred from vision centres and walk in patients coming to the base hospital. 10 awareness sessions have been conducted and 262 persons attended the same. Video shooting for a documentary to create awareness about the project was done during the month. Final editing is going on. Preparation for printing of health education material on various eye diseases under the project is going on. Most probably, by the end of the next month, the education material will be available.
  • An MOU was signed with ONGC authorities for conducting five camps as a part of one year celebration of “Janjatiya varsh”. Two camps will be conducted in this year and three next year. One more camp was conducted during March at Bedi. 66 patients came to OPD for examination and 11 Operations were carried out.
  • Accounts team from Mission for Vision carried out an audit of Vyara and Khapar centres accounting. They have given few useful suggestions. Their report is awaited.
  • Dr. Anirudhdh Gurang from PRASHO visited us on 8th March under the ORCB project supported by SEVA CANADA. They will train our team in operational research. His visit was to explore our understanding of operational research and see the infra structure.
  • Ms. Mamtaben from USA visited us on 6th March. She is a research scientist retired recently. Wants to help NGOs like Divyajyoti trust in strengthening the research documentation. She has given a few good suggestions.
  • We celebrated International Women’s day by sending all the female workers to Amalsadi campus. They played games and later watched a movie. A hi-tea was served at the end of the programme. All the male members of the team managed all the activities for the whole afternoon. This was a different experience. We appreciate the kind gesture of male members also to give this opportunity to the female members. All the women enjoyed the celebration.

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