The World Health Organization’s World Report on Vision and The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health both provide evidence that sight loss is a critical economic and development issue. These reports, produced by leading global organisations, emphasise the importance of integrating eye health into healthcare systems. This vision…

At the end of February 2023, Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation co-founders Mr Tej Kohli and Dr Sanduk Ruit made their way to Bahrain to attend the Isa Award for Services to Humanity ceremony. …

Since starting our mission in March 2021 the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation have cured over 30,000 people in Nepal, Bhutan and Ghana. Throughout our journey, we have revisited several patients to see how their lives have been changed. Shri Mani Rai

According to the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the number of visually impaired women in the world is alarmingly high, accounting for 64.5% of the total. Additionally, women are at a greater risk of sight loss, with one in four women compared to just one in eight men. In…

Often, isolated areas have a high incidence of poverty. This is caused by a variety of reasons, however, one of the main causes is blindness. Blindness disproportionately affects disconnected regions due to a lack of or poor healthcare systems. When an individual begins to suffer from visual impariment, they have…

Bajhang District in the far-western region of Nepal is severely remote and underserved. The district’s population of 189,097 people is served by one community eye centre staffed by a single ophthalmic assistant. Every month Khadak Bhatta, ophthalmologic assistant at the community eye centre receives an estimated 300 patients. While most…

Cataracts are a leading cause of blindness in the world, and childhood cataracts pose a particular threat in the developing world where access to medical care and treatment can be limited. Blindness in children can have a profound impact on their quality of life and limit their ability to grow…

In December 2021, our teams visited Chainpur in Bajhang Nepal. It was here we met Parsa, a mother of 2. Both of her daughters, Kunti (7) and Reshma (13) were living with cataract blindness. Both sisters blindness was preventing them from succeeding in school and placed a heavy burden upon…

In September 2022, the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation took their mission to cure needless cataract blindness into Ghana. Similar to other countries, Ghana has an abundance of citizens who live in poverty. …