Graham Layton was honoured Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam (Star of Pakistan)
in 1990 for his tireless work for the underprivileged in Pakistan.
Also, in UK he was advanced CBE in the 1994 New Year’s Honours.
Rotary Club Karachi Cosmopolitan (Distt 3270) recognized Graham
Layton (Founder Chairman LRBT) on 15th February, 1992 for his
services to humanity and community.
International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) awarded
“Regional Achievement Award” to our founder the late Graham
Layton in 2004.
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Conference awarded
a shield to Khwaja Zafar Hassan for his services towards prevention
and combating blindness in Pakistan.
Government of Pakistan through the Federal Minister of Health
awarded a Shield in 2005 to LRBT in recognition and appreciation
of its outstanding contribution to the prevention of blindness
and advancing professional educational understanding and goodwill
amongst mankind.
1st Annual “Health and Environment National Excellence Award
2005”.
LRBT was nominated for the '2008 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian
Prize' which honours a charitable or non governmental organization
that has made an extraordinary contribution towards alleviating
human suffering anywhere in the world. This Prize is the world’s
biggest humanitarian award and previous awardees include Medicines
Sans Frontieres, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture
Victims and Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
LRBT was invited by President Clinton to attend the Clinton
Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in Hong Kong in December 2008.
“Participation in this meeting is by invitation only and is
limited to Heads of States, CEO’s, academics, NGO leaders, philanthropists
and other prominent individuals". This invitation is an acknowledgement
of LRBT`s work in the area of preventing curable blindness in
Pakistan.
LRBT has been nominated for 2009 Gates Award for Global Health.
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance
dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world.
LRBT has been nominated for 2009 Antonio Champalimaud
award. The Champalimaud Foundation, based in Lisbon, Portugal,
was created at the bequest of the late Portuguese industrialist
and entrepreneur, António de Sommer Champalimaud. Leonor Beleza,
former Portuguese Minister of Health, is the Foundation’s President.
