Organizations Filed Purposes:
COMBAT BLINDNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (CBI) ELIMINATES PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS WORLDWIDE BY PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR SIGHT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATION.
DEDICATED TO RELIEVING HUMAN SUFFERING BY PREVENTING AND CURING BLINDNESS AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE SECTORS OF SOCIETY, THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, IN THE MOST-NEEDY PARTS OF THE WORLD, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
EYE CARE PERSONNEL TRAINING - CBI SUPPORTS THE TRAINING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO INCREASE EYE CARE CAPACITY.FOR EYE CARE PERSONNEL TRAINING, CBI COLLABORATES WITH A HOSPITAL IN INDIA (DR. SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL - DELHI) TO PROVIDE STIPENDS AND SALARY FOR OPHTHALMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL. CBI FUNDED THE TRAINING OF 179 PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL IN 2019. CBI ALSO FUNDED A SHORT-TERM CLINICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN PAOLO IN SAN PAOLO, BRAZIL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES.
PEDIATRIC EYE CARE - CBI SUPPORTS PROGRAMS IN INDIA AND GAMBIA TO SCREEN CHILDREN AND PROVIDE FREE PEDIATRIC EYE SURGERIES AND GLASSES FREE OF COST. IN ADDITION, CBI FUNDS A SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAM IN MADISON, WISCONSIN FOR ALL 4K AND 5K STUDENTS.FOR THE PEDIATRIC PROGRAM, CBI COLLABORATES WITH HOSPITALS IN INDIA (SHREE JALARAM EYE HOSPITAL - MEGHRAJ, AND TEJAS EYE HOSPITAL - SURAT IN GUJARAT, INDIA; USHA KIRAN EYE HOSPITAL - MYSORE, INDIA) TO ORGANIZE AND FUND A PROGRAM TO SCREEN CHILDREN FOR GLASSES, OPD, AND OPHTHALMIC SURGERY FOR THE POOR ALL FREE OF COST. IN ADDITION, CBI COLLABORATES WITH THE MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, TO ORGANIZE AND FUND SCHOOL SCREENING FOR ALL 4K AND 5K STUDENTS. DURING 2019, CBI FUNDED OVER 350 FREE PEDIATRIC EYE SURGERIES, SCREENED OVER 54,000 CHILDREN, AND PROVIDED FREE GLASSES TO OVER 7,500 CHILDREN. CBI ALSO FUNDED THE NEW PEDIATRIC OUTREACH PROGRAM AT DR SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI, INDIA.
CATARACTS - CBI SUPPORTS FREE CATARACT OPERATIONS FOR THE POOR IN INDIA, BOTSWANA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CBI ALSO PROVIDES EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL CONSUMABLES, AND INTRAOCULAR LENSES (IOLS) FOR FREE EYE OPERATIONS FOR THE POOR IN AREAS OF INDIA.FOR THE CATARACT PROGRAM, CBI COLLABORATES WITH HOSPITALS IN INDIA (BHUBANESWAR LV PRASAD EYE HOSPITAL - BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA; SHREE JALARAM EYE HOSPITAL - MEGHRAJ, GUJARAT; TEJAS EYE HOSPITAL - SURAT, GUJARAT; TARABAI DESAI EYE HOSPITAL - JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN; SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL - RAMPUR, UTTAR PRADESH; SITAPUR EYE HOSPITAL -SITAPUR, UTTAR PRADESH; USHA KIRAN EYE HOSPITAL - MYSORE) AND AFRICA (BOTSWANA MINISTRY OF HEALTH - BOTSWANA, MEZU INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION - NIGERIA) TO PROVIDE FREE CATARACT OPERATIONS FOR THE POOR. CBI COLLABORATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF OPTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES TO PROVIDE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL OF EYE CARE FOR THE UNDERINSURED AND UNINSURED RESIDENTS OF DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION, CBI COLLABORATES WITH HOSPITALS IN INDIA (DR. SHROFF'S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL - DELHI, SHREE JALARAM EYE HOSPITAL - INDIA; TEJAS EYE HOSPITAL- INDIA; AND MEZU INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION - NIGERIA TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL CONSUMABLES, AND INTRAOCULAR LENSES (IOLS) FOR FREE EYE OPERATIONS FOR THE POOR. IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTED OVER 16,000 CATARACT SURGERIES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Reena Chandra Rajpal | PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 30 | $40,275 |
| Keshav Rajpal | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Altaweel Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Langer Jd | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Holm Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Luxme Hariharan Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Choton Basu | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Axelrod | TREASURER (THRU SEPT) | 1 | $0 |
| Anant Baliga | SECRETARY/INTERIM TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Gordon Derzon Mha | VICE CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Suresh Chandra Md | FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
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