AdminThe Sikh Welfare Society, based in High Road, Ilford, has donated about £120,000 over the past six years to set up eye camps in rural Punjab and the group is due to fly over and give another £25,000 to pay for more operations. The society, which was set up by a group of Redbridge businessmen […]
The Sikh Welfare Society, based in High Road, Ilford, has donated about £120,000 over the past six years to set up eye camps in rural Punjab and the group is due to fly over and give another £25,000 to pay for more operations.
The society, which was set up by a group of Redbridge businessmen including chairman Jas Dhesi, general secretary Satnam Sandhu and trustee Paul Waraich, is hoping the money raised will pay for about 500 procedures.
As well as providing help for people with heart problems and cancer in India, the group has also supported the Redbridge Mayor’s charity and last month donated gifts to children at Queen’s Hospital in Rom Valley Way, Romford.
Paul said of the eye-camps: “It’s a really wonderful experience when you see the quality of life people are getting. It’s life-changing for them and it costs such a small amount to do a cataract operation. It’s very humbling.
“It really does help people less fortunate than ourselves.”
~ Source: ilfordrecorder.co.uk