TUNE IN as BRAC UK goes live on Channel S
(8pm -12am, Friday 6th May 2011, CHANNEL S DONATION HOTLINE: 020 85231666 )
BRAC UK will be running a telethon on Channel S to raise much needed funds for Vision Bangladesh.
Vision Bangladesh is a partnership between BRAC and Sightsavers and the aim is to eliminate avoidable blindness across Bangladesh by the year 2020 starting with the Sylhet region.
80% of blindness in the country is from easily treatable cataracts – occurring in both young adults and children, not just the elderly. Every year, 150,000 more cases are added to the backlog of nearly one million poor people who are denied the simple procedure that could save their sights – and their future.
Cataract surgery is one of the most cost effective health interventions(£20 for an operation). The real tragedy of blindness in Bangladesh is that the majority of the cases are unnecessary – having cataracts should not inevitably lead to blindness.
So tune in to support BRAC UK on this mission, donate and encourage to do so too on Sky channel 814 or for outside of the UK:
Satellite: Eurobird 1 ; Orbital Location: 28.5º East ; Transponder: F1 Upper ; Uplink Frequency / Polarity: 14 059.67 Vertical (Y) ; Downlink Frequency / Polarity: 12 559.67 Horizontal (X) ; Symbol Rate: 27.5 Msys/s; FEC: 2/3
CHANNEL S DONATION HOTLINE: 020 85231666
Donate online at the BRAC Vision Bangladesh site or through Just Giving.
“It is the poorest people who are most at risk of blindness and low vision as they are more likely to go blind for a lack of simple treatment and stay blind for a lack of simple surgery.”
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, explains why this partnership with Sightsavers is so important.
(8pm -12am, Friday 6th May 2011, CHANNEL S DONATION HOTLINE: 020 85231666 )
BRAC UK will be running a telethon on Channel S to raise much needed funds for Vision Bangladesh.
Vision Bangladesh is a partnership between BRAC and Sightsavers and the aim is to eliminate avoidable blindness across Bangladesh by the year 2020 starting with the Sylhet region.
80% of blindness in the country is from easily treatable cataracts – occurring in both young adults and children, not just the elderly. Every year, 150,000 more cases are added to the backlog of nearly one million poor people who are denied the simple procedure that could save their sights – and their future.
Cataract surgery is one of the most cost effective health interventions(£20 for an operation). The real tragedy of blindness in Bangladesh is that the majority of the cases are unnecessary – having cataracts should not inevitably lead to blindness.
So tune in to support BRAC UK on this mission, donate and encourage to do so too on Sky channel 814 or for outside of the UK:
Satellite: Eurobird 1 ; Orbital Location: 28.5º East ; Transponder: F1 Upper ; Uplink Frequency / Polarity: 14 059.67 Vertical (Y) ; Downlink Frequency / Polarity: 12 559.67 Horizontal (X) ; Symbol Rate: 27.5 Msys/s; FEC: 2/3
CHANNEL S DONATION HOTLINE: 020 85231666
Donate online at the BRAC Vision Bangladesh site or through Just Giving.
“It is the poorest people who are most at risk of blindness and low vision as they are more likely to go blind for a lack of simple treatment and stay blind for a lack of simple surgery.”
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, explains why this partnership with Sightsavers is so important.
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