Nearly two thousand school and college students were made aware of the do’s and don’ts of eye donation by ‘Roshni’ on Friday through a presention, covering two schools and one college. The principals of several institutions were also present during the presentation and motivated the students to come forward in this noble mission.
The students after the counselling session met ‘Roshni’ members to get further details and to come forward to pledge their eyes. At loyola School, Rajnish Kumar, secretary of Roshni and national executive committee member of the Eye Bank Association of India along with Ashu Tiwary, assistant secretary of Roshni addressed the students of Class VI and onwards and teachers in their assembly.
Father Sebestin Puthepura, Principal, agreed to involve Jyoti Club students to further promote the mission in the schools and outside. Various schools will be participating in the Nukkad Natak scheduled on 1 September at Sakchi and also in the panel discussion to be held on 8 September at Motilal Nehru Public School.