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Tej Kohli And Ruit Foundation

The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation is marking World Sight Day 2022 with a series of unique content about the #2030InSight mission to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by ending needless blindness, especially in the developing world. The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation was founded in March 2021 by London philanthropist Tej Kohli and pre-eminent eye surgeon Dr Sanduk Ruit and is on track to screen 1,000,000 people and to cure between 300,000 and 500,000 of cataract blindness by 2030.

The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation is a restricted fund operating under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund, registered UK charity number 1099682. #LoveYourEyes

World Sight Day

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World Sight Day 2022 | #LoveYourEyes This month, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) launched its Love Your Eyes global campaign. The goal of this year’s campaign is to raise awareness of the social and economic impacts of blindness across the world. Across the world, many suffer from poor eye health. As a result [...]
Equality and eye health: Is the gender gap closing?

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Historically, females have experienced their fair share of inequality. Campaigning, research and awareness have meant times are changing, but when it comes to eye health, a male in rural South Asia is 46% more likely to receive cataract surgery than a female. Women make up a staggering 64.5% of the world’s visually impaired and according [...]
Tej Kohli and Dr Ruit: Collaboration shows lasting effectiveness in curing cataracts

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One of the core senses that inform us of our surroundings is sight. Without it, daily tasks can be near impossible and sadly can result in the sufferer falling into poverty, in some cases extreme poverty. The Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation understands the importance of eye health as well as the detrimental effects it [...]

This London Tycoon Harbours A Surprisingly Generous Streak

March 1, 2023 | City Talk

Some may know Tej Kohli for his passion for luxury cars or his vast array of exceptional properties dotted across the world. However, what he should be best known for is his unwavering mission to give away swathes of his wealth to improve the lives of others. As Britain’s wealthiest became wealthier in recent years, [...]
Climate Change & Sustainable Eye Care

November 14, 2022 | City Talk

The last week has seen world leaders and changemakers from around the world gather in Sharm-El Sheik in Egypt at the annual Conference of the Parties event (COP27). This year, the goal is to build upon what has been discussed and implemented at the conference since its genesis in Rio in 1992. Global Unison Enhancing [...]
The Unsteady Rise & Decline of Poverty and How to Tackle It

November 14, 2022 | City Talk

One of the largest issues that concern the world is poverty. Someone is described as living in poverty if they survive on less than $1.90 per day. From 2015 to 2018, global poverty continued to decline as it has done for the past 25 years. From 2015 to 2018, the number of those living in [...]
Poverty and inequality are harming the world’s children and it’s time to act

November 11, 2022 | City Talk

We must do all we can to alleviate the suffering of children during times of crisis to ensure healthy and happy future generations are fostered. A 2020 study on the falling living standards during the Covid-19 pandemic published by Science Advances took evidence from over 30,000 respondents across nine countries, one being Nepal that the [...]
How Donor-Advised Funds provide flexible solutions

November 10, 2022 | City Talk

Following the introductory interview with Prism the Gift Fund’s Founder, CEO, Anna Josse, lastweek, Anna gives CityAM a closer look at how Donor Advised Funds provide flexible solutions forprivate clients and their philanthropic goals. Philanthropy is inherently personal; there are as many reasons for giving as there are people whogive. At Prism the Gift Fund [...]
New documentary released on childhood cataracts and extreme poverty

November 7, 2022 | City Talk

The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation has released a brand new documentary short that showcases how childhood cataracts can exacerbate a families poverty. The documentary follows a family of six in the rural Jajakot region of Nepal. Three of the four children suffer have lived with needless cataract blindness for years and the eldest of [...]
Meet the CEO of one of the leading Donor Advised Funds in the UK

November 3, 2022 | City Talk

Anna Josse, CEO & Founder of Prism the Gift Fund (Prism), talks to CityAM on Donor Advised Funds –the fastest-growing philanthropy vehicle in the UK. Anna, what is your background? I was always active as a leader in youth movements in my teens, and at university publicly foughtmany political battles in the union. That background [...]
How cutting-edge technology is helping curb the rise in avoidable blindness worldwide

November 1, 2022 | City Talk

Globally 1.1 billion people live with vision loss and blindness and a shocking 90% of it is avoidable. Sadly, 9 out of 10 of these people live in low-to-middle-income countries with little or no access to eye health care. Orbis, an international sight-loss charity, works to fight avoidable blindness in these regions through hospital-based programmes [...]
Blind people amongst those worst affected by cost of living crisis

October 28, 2022 | City Talk

The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) conducted a survey recently, asking 125 blind and visually impaired individuals to explain how the cost of living crisis was affecting them. The cost of living crisis has become a focal point for the government and a point of concern for the public in recent months. Soaring [...]
Blindness in Ghana

October 27, 2022 | City Talk

Ghana, like many nations, has a clear divide between those who are wealthy and those who live in poverty. Many Ghanaians live in conditions where they do not have access to healthcare or the resources to assist them out of the cycle of poverty. The lack of accessibility to healthcare can often push those suffering [...]

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