Music for Vision Concerts in
Mumbai and Delhi Mark New Phase in HelpMeSee's Global Campaign to Eradicate
Cataract Blindness
Mumbai,
October 20, 2016: Two
unique Music for Vision concerts being held in Mumbai and Delhi in October
marks the start of a new phase in HelpMeSee's global campaign to end cataract
blindness, with the proceeds going to support training for cataract specialists
and achieve cataract backlog free communities in some of the poorest districts
in India by 2020. India has one of the largest cataract-affected population in
the world.
The
Concerts
The
concerts, being held at the prestigious NCPA, Mumbai, and Siri Fort Auditorium,
Delhi, are a unique Indo-US musical collaboration bringing together leading
international musicians. They are presented by HelpMeSee and Music for Life
International (MFLI), two well-known international organizations. The dates of
the concerts are October 20th at Tata Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai, and
October 23rd at Siri Fort auditorium, Delhi.
They
will feature legendary Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan; distinguished US
based conductor and MFLI Artistic Director, George Mathew; renowned
American violinist; Elmira Darvarova (the first woman ever to serve as
Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York); and the Bombay
Chamber Orchestra which has brought orchestral music to Indian audiences
for more than half a century. The concerts will feature iconic works by Indian
and American composers, UtsadAmjad Ali Khan who will be soloist in his Samaagam
Concerto for Sarod and Orchestra, and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring respectively.
MFLI
Artistic Director George Mathew observed, “Music has the capacity not only to
bring people together for a cause, it has frequently and can become the vehicle
to illuminate the cause. Aaron Copland’s iconic ballet music is a powerful
metaphor for the gift of vision that HelpMeSee seeks to bring to millions of
people affected by cataract in India and beyond.”
India
Vision: A Five Year Perspective
Since
2012, HelpMeSee has worked with 292 cataract specialists in ten countries who
have performed nearly 250,000 surgeries, and have created India’s first ‘Cataract backlog free’ district in Chitrakoot, Uttar
Pradesh in 2014 and subsequently replicated this in another four districts (two
each in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh).
Recently HelpMeSee opened its Learning Development Centre in
Mumbai, where high-fidelity simulation and courseware training
systems are being developed to train cataract specialists, based on the success
of simulation-based aviation training technology.
The
HelpMeSee India Foundation is supported by an India Advisory Board with eminent
business leaders, MrRanjitShahani, VC & MD, Novartis, MrPradip Shah,
Founder, Chairman of IndAsia Fund Advisors, Mr. Sunil Mehta, Chairman &
Managing Director, SPM Capital Advisers and distinguished personalities, Ms.
HemaMalini, Mr. Kapil Dev and Mrs. Subhalakshmi Khan amongst others.
Jacob
Mohan Thazhathu, President and CEO, HelpMeSee said, “Access to affordable, high
quality cataract surgery is the solution to eradicate cataract blindness, which
is by far the leading cause of all treatable blindness in India and the rest of
world. Cataract blindness elimination can achieve massive economic impactand
end the human suffering of victims and their families. Effective public-private
partnerships assure that no cataract blind person is left behind. In India or
anywhere else. ”
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