Cataract is the biggest cause of blindness in India, and a simple operation can cure it – but for a poor family in a small town, even a check-up can be out of reach. Sadh Samaj Charitable Trust holds free eye camps where anyone can have their eyes examined by a specialist, get medicines and spectacles, and – if they need it – a cataract operation paid for by the trust.
What happens at a camp
- Registration: volunteers note each patient’s name, age and problem. There is no fee.
- Eye check-up: an eye specialist and his team examine every patient.
- Medicines and spectacles: patients get free eye drops and medicines, and spectacles where needed.
- Cataract surgery: patients who need an operation are given a date. The operation is done free at a partner eye hospital, and the trust pays.
First camp at the Sadh Charitable Clinic – 19 July 2026
On the day the Sadh Charitable Clinic opened in Farrukhabad, the trust held a free eye camp from 10 am. Eye specialist Dr Manish Tripathi and his medical team examined patients all day, while volunteers from the community ran registration.
- 392 patients registered and examined
- 52 patients identified for free cataract surgery
- Free eye drops, medicines and spectacles for the others who needed them
- 27 cataract operations done free by Dr Pradeep Kumar Toppo on 22–23 July 2026
- 53 patients given spectacles by 24 July 2026
Patient and surgery figures for the camp day as reported in the local Hindi press, 20 July 2026. Operation and spectacle counts from the trust’s records.
Eye camp in Farrukhabad – 20 April 2023
Three years before the clinic opened, the trust held a free eye camp at the Sadh Samaj chowki in Farrukhabad. 424 patients were examined, about 150 were given spectacles, medicines were handed out free on the spot, and 170 patients were chosen for free cataract surgery. The managing committee fixed Rs 10,000 as the cost of each operation, and members came forward to pay for them – some for 10 or 20 operations each. Every patient and family was served a langar lunch.
Earlier camps
Health and eye care has been part of the trust’s work since its early years in Delhi: charitable clinics in Lajpat Nagar and West Azad Nagar, and free health camps with Medanta, Indian Spinal Injury Centre and Moolchand hospitals – one of them, at Gurudwara Krishna Market, Lajpat Nagar, saw more than 675 patients in a day. See the health camp photos. At a camp in Okhla in December 2021, 254 patients were checked and 239 pairs of spectacles given free – each pair costs the trust about Rs 100.
Sponsor a cataract operation – Rs 10,000
One operation costs the trust about Rs 10,000. Members of the trust have sponsored operations in blocks of three to eleven at a time. You can sponsor one – and give someone their sight back.
Sponsor an operation Ask about the next camp
निःशुल्क नेत्र शिविर
साध समाज चैरिटेबल ट्रस्ट निःशुल्क नेत्र शिविर लगाता है, जहाँ विशेषज्ञ डॉक्टर आँखों की जाँच करते हैं, दवाइयाँ और चश्मे मुफ़्त दिए जाते हैं, और ज़रूरत होने पर मोतियाबिंद का ऑपरेशन ट्रस्ट के खर्च पर होता है।
19 जुलाई 2026 को फ़र्रुख़ाबाद में साध चैरिटेबल क्लिनिक के उद्घाटन पर पहला शिविर लगा: 392 मरीज़ों की जाँच, 52 मरीज़ ऑपरेशन के लिए चिह्नित, और 22–23 जुलाई को 27 निःशुल्क ऑपरेशन। अगले शिविर की जानकारी के लिए +91 93157 30449 पर फ़ोन करें।
₹10,000 में एक मोतियाबिंद ऑपरेशन प्रायोजित करें।
Free eye camp – common questions
Is the eye camp really free?
Yes. Registration, the eye check-up, eye drops, medicines and spectacles are free, and cataract operations for camp patients are paid for by the trust.
Where are the free eye camps held?
In Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh – most recently at the Sadh Charitable Clinic, 2/91 Sahebganj, Sadhwara, which opened with a free eye camp on 19 July 2026.
Who does the cataract operation?
Patients found to need cataract surgery are given a date and operated on free by a partner eye surgeon in Farrukhabad; the trust pays the cost.
How many patients have the camps served?
424 patients were examined at the April 2023 camp and 392 at the July 2026 camp, where 27 cataract operations followed within a week.
When is the next eye camp?
Call +91 93157 30449 for the date of the next camp. To sponsor cataract operations for poor patients, see our Contribute page.