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Chapter 18
AJAY'S VISIT TO AN EYE-CAMP
WHILE they were going from Palitana to a small village nearby, Ajay's father took the whole family to an eye-camp. Ajay did not know what an eye-camp meant. He saw the camp and realised that poor people went there to show their eyes to the doctors. Doctors examined their eyesight and gave them some medicines to help them. Some people had very bad eyesight and the doctors performed operations to help them see again.
Ajay's father explained, "The people coming here are poor. Their treatment here is absolutely free. The operations are also done without any charge. Sometimes they are given food and a home free of charge, for a little while. Such-eye camps are held in different villages at different times. Doctors come from cities and help the needy and poor people."
Ajay was very impressed with this and thought, "We must donate some money for organising such eye-camps." Ajay's father Abhaybhai said, "There are other types of free health care in India too. Some camps help people who have heart or lung diseases. In such camps medicines are given, and sometimes operations are performed for the benefit of poor people."
Ajay and Neela thought, "It is not only good to help poor people, but it is our duty to help them."
Teachers' Notes
Show photographs of eye-camps. Talk about the importance of good eye-sight.
Discuss the problem of poverty.
What do these words mean?
charities eye-camps operations
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