Despite the significant reduction in the Prevalence of Blindness there are:

• Still 1.7 million blind people in Pakistan
• Another 170,000 become blind every year
• 16.5 million people have impaired vision
• Government spending on health is unlikely to increase
• Due to inflation in energy and food people living around the poverty line (already 2/3rds of the population) will increase significantly.
• So it is up to Civil Society organisations like LRBT to not only maintain their existing services but to expand them

Local Funding/International Donors

LRBT spent Rs 338 million ($ 5.2 Million) in 2007/8 for providing high quality eye care services to the poor absolutely free. This was made possible by the generosity of our local and foreign donors. 65 % of our donations are raised domestically from a wide variety of people ranging from individuals to large corporations. 35 % comes from outside the country from large international NGOs such as Sight Savers, the Graham Layton Trust, multinational corporations and individuals.

With patient volume growing by double digits and 3 new hospitals our need for resources is great. We require Rs 423 million ($ 6.1 Million) in 2008/9 to be able to continue our programmes to roll back the growth of curable blindness.

Help us to keep this beacon shining for the poor and the destitute. - Give the Gift of Sight

For more details on how to make donations to LRBT Pakistan kindly contact us on our email lrbt@cyber.net.pk