The TY Danjuma Foundation, in conjunction with
Care Vision Support Initiative (CASI) an NGO, has
carried out 29 free eye surgeries in Mutum Biyu,
Taraba state.
The Foundation also conducted medical checks on 250 other
people and gave them free drugs.
Dr Tolu Afolaranmi, the team leader of the project said on
Tuesday that 427 persons had so far been registered for the
medical assistance.
Afolaranmi explained that the five- day exercise which began
on Monday was aimed at restoring the sight of many who could
not afford medical services.
The team leader said that the TY Danjuma Foundation was
funding the project 100 per cent while CASI was providing
expertise.
He said the five day exercise was targeting 1,000 people across
the state.
“We are targeting 1,000 people within the period of the exercise
and the turn out for the first two days indicates that we may
have even more before the end of the programme on Friday,” he
said.
Mr Gima Forje, the Grants and Partnership Officer of TY
Danjuma Foundation said the foundation was committed to
assisting the less privileged members of the public to live
meaningful lives.
Forje commended CASI for the effective eye services it had
been offering over the years of its partnership with the
foundation.
Dr Musa Obadiah, the Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of
Health lauded the foundation and the NGO for the gesture.
Obadiah also thanked the community leaders for mobilising the
people to benefit from the exercise.
Alhaji Danjuma Sati, a beneficiary, who was operated upon on
Monday and could see on Tuesday told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) that he could not describe how happy he was.
Sati prayed God to bless the chairman of the foundation, Gen
Theophilus Danjuma and the entire team to making him to see
again.