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A lady with a mission to serve her community

Jabow, an Operation Eyesight-trained community health worker, and her family live in beautiful Kheram Bisa, India, famous for its tea garden. Her husband works as carpenter in the village, and their two daughters and one son are in school.

Jabow’s typical day starts with completing all her household chores early in the morning. In the afternoon, she goes door-to-door in her community to screen each household for eye health issues and educates the community about the importance of eye health-seeking behaviour. In her early days, she ran a child care centre in her community,… Continue reading A lady with a mission to serve her community