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"Manjari Sankurarhri" Memorial Foundation
"Srikiran" Institute of Ophthalmology
Eradicate Blindness and Poverty in South India

Information and awareness event
For continuing support to "Srikiran" Institute of Ophthalmology
Saturday June 06, 2009, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Older Adults Centre, YMCA, 140, Durham St, Sudbury, ON



Niranjan Vijay of McMaster University (second year medical student) at the Srikiran institute of Ophthalmology, India

Manjari Sankuranthri Memrial Foundation (MSMF) was established by Dr. Chandra S. Sankuranthri in memory of his wife and son Srikiran and daughter Sarada who died in the 1985 Air India disaster. Foundation is promoting rural community development in south India through education, health care, and humanitarian relief programs. MSMF is governed and managed by volunteers and do not have salaried employees.

Project progress at a glance till June 2009

Children studied in "Sarada" School 1210
Scholarship for Granted for higher education 118
Eye screening camps for the children 794
School children screened 230,775
Eye screening camps for adults 1, 294
Out Patients treated in Srikiran Institute of  Ophthalmology 1,374,935
Surgeries performed 142,696
Para medical personal trained 288
Support staff trained  81
Vision Centers established  5
Volunteers from Canada and USA work for the project 41



Niranjan Vijay, second year medical student of McMaster University recently visited the centre. Srikiran institute of Ophthalmology consist with 60 beds and modern out-patients unit. Centre is providing free eye care including surgeries. Dr. Chandra's work has also been featured in a CBC documentary " Ray of Light". Dr. Chandra will be in Sudbury on Saturday June 06, 2009 to share his experience with Sudbury community.

More information of the program, please fell free to contact

Niranjan Vijay,
E-mail:  vijayn@mcmaster.ca
Tel: (905) 929 3865
Dr. K. Vijay - Tel: (705) 674 0040

Invitation

"Manjari Sankurarhri" Memorial Foundation
"Srikiran" Institute of Ophthalmology

Sudbury June 06, 2009 Program Information

Empowerment of the poor through proper education, health and timely help to needy is the mission with which Dr. Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri established a foundation, Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation (MSMF) in Ottawa, Canada in 1989. This foundation is in loving memory of his wife, Manjari Sankurathri and two children Srikiran (7 yrs) and Sarada (4 yrs) who were killed in the Air India (Kanishka) disaster on 23rd June, 1985, off the coast of Ireland. MSMF is a registered non-profit trust to empower the poor to become self-reliant. MSMF established three major programs to  improve quality of life for the poor and needy.

The Foundation's activities are carried from a center established on a serene three acre plot in a rural area, 10 kms from Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh state on the southeast coast of India. It is a town of moderate size with a population of 450,000. This town is the head quarters of the East Godavari district. This can be reached either by car or train from Chennai (600 kms.), Hyderabad (560 kms.) or Visakhapatnam(180 kms.).
 

www.msmf.ca
Manjari Sankuranthri Memrial Foundation

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