Brayden and Laura: Bihar India
Global Impact Fellows With Unite for Sight
We just returned from Bihar India with a group called Unite for Sight to volunteer at the AB Eye Institute in March 2010. Unite for Sight is a non-profit organization that aims to prevent blindness by applying best practices for health care. This program works with local ophthalmologists and optometrists to provide eye exams, eye surgery, and outreach to poverty stricken communities in developing countries like Ghana, India, and Honduras. While abroad, we screened patients for cataracts, glaucoma, and other eye diseases. We participated in sight restoring cataract surgeries. Thanks to the support of SO many people, we have raised more than $3200 to support 64 cataract surgeries! This blog is meant to keep all those who have contributed to this effort informed and help them see where their donations are going.
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We want to personally thank EVERYONE who has contributed to our fundraising effort for cataract surgeries in Patna, India.
Feel free to check out the success on our fundraising page!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

New Language!

While we are working at the A. B. Eye Institute, we will be screening people from rural villages who do not speak English. In order to effectively communicate and best help each patient, it will be useful to know some basic Indian words. Let's see how good you are at pronouncing them!


Okay/Right/                            GppdThik Hai
I don't know                            Muje maloom nahee
Please sit here                         Kripya yana in baithiye
Look straight ahead                Sidha dekho
How many fingers                  Kinti Unglai Hai
Is this better                            Abbi sab hai
This is better                           Ki Abbi saf Hai
Cover your eye                       Band kijiye
Right eye                                Dahini ankh
Left eye                                  Bayan ankh
1                                             Ek
2                                             Do
3                                             Tin
4                                             Char
5                                             Panch
Up                                          Upar
Down                                     Niche
Name                                     Aap ka nam kya hai
Age                                        Aap ka umra kya hai
Complaints of Defective
vision for distance or near     Door ka dikkat Hai Ya da nasdique ka
Watering                                Aankh se pani girta hai
Sticky Discharge                   Aankh se kicher aata hai
Foreign body sensation         Aankh me kuchh garta haiItching Aankh nochta hai
Redness                                 Aankh lal hai
Eyeache                                 Aankh dard karta hai
Headache                               Sir matha Dard Karta Hai
Flashes or Floaters                Aankh kea age kuchh chamakta hai
Shadow in front of eye         Aankh ke samne duhndula kikhta hai
History of                              Chini ki bimari hai
Diabetes
Blood pressure
Any injury to the eye            Annkh me koi chot lagi hai
Any medication used
for long period                      Skoi tarah ki dava aap lambe samay se lete hai
Any history of previous
surgery in the eye                  Koi tarah ka opration aankh me huva hai
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