Eye care for those who would otherwise go without.

A staffed clinic in the village. Patients get eye exams, power checks, glasses made on site and medicine at heavily subsidized cost, cataract screening and referral, and treatment for infections and minor injuries. Two full-time local staff run it: an ophthalmic assistant, who examines and treats patients, and an optical dispenser, who fits glasses. The long-term goal is for the center to cover its own costs through glasses, medicine and consultation fees.

80

cataract cases found at the Center

2

full-time local staff

RUNNING SINCE DECEMBER 2025

Equipment from Charity Health Foundation Nepal. Space and furniture from Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality. Staff salaries funded by BBH Eye Foundation.

The Eye Care Center serves those who can reach it. These screenings are for everyone else. We have held free community eye screenings since 2023. What began as one three-day screening a year is now four 3-day camps a year, each run by Eye Care Center staff in a different part of the municipality, so that all nine wards are reached. Consultations, glasses and medication are free, and complex cases are referred to the center. The figures below are from the camps held April 29 to May 1 and May 27 to 29, 2026.

RUNNING SINCE 2023

256

cataract cases identified

212

pairs of glasses given

513

units of medicine given

An eleven-person surgical team traveled from Surkhet Eye Hospital to operate on patients found through the center and its outreach. The first camp was held May 10 to 12, 2026 at Shree Janchetana Multiple Campus in Ward 6, funded by Charity Health Foundation Nepal with technical support from Nepal Red Cross Society. A second camp is planned for the winter of 2026-27, when farm work is light and recovery is easier. No Limits Nepal coordinates the partners and pays for patients' local transportation, so no one misses surgery because of the cost of getting there.

RUNNING SINCE 2026

2

pterygium surgeries

292

patients examined

68

pairs of glasses provided

Eye Care Center staff are visiting every school in the municipality, ward by ward, so a child who cannot see the board is found and treated early. Students who need glasses or medication receive them, and those needing more care are referred to the center. Every result is recorded at the center, building a record of student eye health across Sanni Triveni.

RUNNING SINCE 2026

About 28

schools, grade 1 through secondary

About 3,500

students expected to be screened

1 day

at each school

Named in memory of a father from Sanni Triveni who died after long delays in reaching hospital care. The fund helps families cover urgent costs in life-threatening emergencies, most often transportation down the mountain to a better-equipped hospital. Clear criteria govern who is eligible and how each payment is documented.

Our team also runs community awareness sessions with one message: if you visit the traditional healer, visit the health post the same day. An early check costs nothing and can catch a condition while it is still treatable.

RUNNING SINCE 2025

Before the center existed, we ran our annual screenings in 2023 and 2025 with assistant optometrists from Bheri Hospital. The March 2025 screening examined 930 people, gave out 400 pairs of glasses and 860 medicines, and identified 75 patients needing cataract surgery, on a $3,000 budget.

THE FIRST SCREENINGS