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Fighting blindness in remote northern India

In the poorer remote areas of India, villagers have a desperate need for decent medical care. Some will walk days to get it. Some will spend several months wages on a simple procedure. And then there are those who are gripped by with fear and suspicion in their hearts who will always avoid getting the help they need.

This is a story of one son of India, now a successful restaurateur in Seattle, who once a year, gives something back to his homeland. Blindness and cataract problems plague villagers in rural India. It is a common but avoidable problem. To fight this problem, volunteers have created a traveling road-show of sorts: the EYE CAMPS.

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