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About
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Jeuti Eye Bank is a unit of Jeuti,
an NGO of Jorhat. Jeuti,the NGO was established in 1999
by a group of persons who are the alumnis of Govt Boys'
Higher Secondary School of Jorhat.The name JEUTI ,which
means "Jyoti" or light is taken from the name of the
house magagine of the said school. Jeuti made its first
appearance on 5th September of 1999, the day which is
observed as Teachers' Day in India.
On that inaugural day Jeuti released a book on the life
of Shri Sankardeva written by one of their ex teacher ,
scholar Late Bap Chandra Mahanta.The book was publilshed
by Jeuti.On the same day twenty eight ex teachers of the
school were also felicitated. |
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In the next few years Jeuti undertook
several social work including free cataract surgery
camps for poor,felicitation of ex state players and
rural sports organisers of Jorhat.
In 2002 Jeuti established JEUTI EYE BANK, which was the
first of its kind in Assam & North East India in private
sector. Establishment of Jeuti Eye Bank ushered a new
chapter in the eye care services in Assam. Before the
establishment of Jeuti Eye Bank patients with corneal
blindness either had to go outside Assam to get corneal
transplantation done or remain blind. The former option
was less viable as most of the corneally blind people
are poor. Jeuti Eye Bank set the trend for corneal
transplantation surgery in Assam by providing corneas to
the surgeons.
Following the success of Jeuti Eye Bank Jeuti under took
another adventurous project in the form of Agricultural
Training Camps. Young cultivators were trained on modern
farming techniques through three monthly training camps.
Since 2005 Jeuti organised six such camps which provided
great benefits to the young farmers. |
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