Relief Riders Ride Again--in India

Relief Riders International (RRI), the award-winning humanitarian travel company, is re-launching its innovative Give the Gift of Sight eye-surgery program after the partial lifting of a ban on mobile cataract surgery camps in rural India, according to a press release. Close to 24% of the world’s blind population is said to live in India. The World Health Organization estimates that cataracts account for over half of all avoidable blindness in Africa and Asia. RRI says every year in India, 3.5 million people become blind due to cataracts. There are more than 30,000 blind people in Rajasthan. These people tend to be elderly, and quickly become a burden to their families as they are unable to work and are at high risk for accidents.Read more.