Eyes For India COVID-19 Impact and Response
Eyes for India is the long-running It Is Written project restoring sight to the blind through cataract surgeries in India. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Jacob Prabhakar, Eyes for India ophthalmologist and medical director of Ruby Nelson Memorial Hospital in northern India, had to postpone planned Eyes for India surgeries and hospital services. We…
It Is Written and Local Church Leaders Reopen Churches, Provide Community Services in India
After years in disrepair and closure, 53 churches in east central India have been reopened and spiritual, health, and social services have been initiated to keep them active with the help of It Is Written. In November 2018, It Is Written began an initiative with local church leaders to reopen 50 churches that had been…
Eyes for India team brings sight to the blind in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
The Eyes For India team was invited to a Hindu temple this January to do the work of Jesus in opening the eyes of blind people. From January 3 to 17, the medical team conducted cataract eye surgeries in the remote forest village of Hardiakol, district Barabanki, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India’s…