Amala Paul starts ‘Amala Home’ foundation to help visually challenged
Amala Paul, who recently donated her eyes, has launched an initiative called Amala Home to help the visually challenged people.
Speaking about this Amala Paul says, “While preparing a speech for eye donation & surgery campaign organized by Agarwal eye care, I came across some appalling facts. A report suggests of the 30 million people suffering from blindness across the globe, over a third are from India but what is more shocking is that 70% of this figure is curable visual disability through cornea transplants or as simple as cataract surgery. Apart from a zillion issues escalating the scenario, the biggest single one is shortage of donated eyes. Imagine so many can see, but only 40000 surgeries can be concluded in a year due to this shortage.”
“Not only I have pledged to donate my eyes, but also to work extensively in eye care field by launching “Amala Home”, a foundation with a sheer focus to simplify eye donation for all and help garner funds to facilitate more surgeries for the needy,” she added.
On the professional front, Amala Paul is currently waiting for the release of Bhaskar Oru Rascal and Ratchasan, which are under various phases of post production.
