Free eye camp at Gulshan-e-Hadeed near steel mills Karachi was held on 30 October 2018. ERWO team saw the patients.
“Reaching the un-reached for information, prevention, early detection and timely treatment of all eye diseases causing blindness through its mobile eye clinic and two tertiary level hospitals. The services are free for the poor and affordable for the other strata of the community.
This is a tertiary level ERWO EYE CENTRE. Those patients who need hospital treatment are brought to ERWO Centre where the poor patients are treated completely free.
Elza Retina Welfare Organization is the first and an exculsive NGO/NPO in Pakistan founded for the free treatment of retinal diseases on priority basis.
Most of us distribute Zakat in the month of Ramzan though it can be given throughout the year. ERWO is grateful for your continued support.
The idea of Elza Retina Welfare Organization (ERWO) was conceived by an eminent eye surgeon Dr. M Mukhtar Ahmed. He and Khawaja Mazher-ud-din were the first to steer ERWO in its initial stages. Dr. Mukhtar is recipient of Pride of Performance, Life Time Achievement and living legend awards in recognition of his humanitarian services. ERWO was founded in 2017 and registered as an NPO/NGO on 10th October 2017.it started its mission to provide free treatment of the eye diseases for the poor patients, with priority for the retinal diseases. ERWO treats all those diseases which can cause blindness, for example Cataract, glaucoma, corneal disease, squint, trauma and tumors.
YEAR 2O17:
A plot of land measuring about 4000sq.yrd in Nawabshah was donated by Tariq Masood Arain and Arshad Awan. The boundary wall was completed in the same year.
YEAR 2O18:
Construction of the (phase 1) hospital was started. An area of 4000sq/ft. was built to accommodate the clinics and operation theater.
YEAR 2O19:
On 1st September the hospital was inaugurated. Outpatient treatment and day care surgery were started. Within three month 30 + patient came daily
YEAR 2O20:
Within three months of this year the number of patient had increased to 50+ daily. Over a hundred and fifty operations have been carried out in a month.
YEAR 2O21:
Within six months of this year the number of patient had increased to 80+ daily. Over TWO hundred operations have been carried out in a month. 800 sft sea container accomodation and a canteen were added.
YEAR 2O22:
Within Four months of this year the number of patient had increased to 150+ daily. Over a Three hundred Fifty operations have been carried out in a month.
YEAR 2O24-2025:
A New block measuring 11000 sq ft is almost complete. It will accommodate community ophthalmology, a laboratory and Low Visual Aids clinic. It will also provide environment friendly waiting area for up to 500 patients.
ERWO is now registered and tax exempted charity in USA. It is registered as “FRIENDS OF ERWO INC”.
Please Donate to give the gift of sight
All your donations are TAX deductible
IRS rule 501(c)(3) TAX ID 83-2355719
1) Please make your checks and mail to:
Friends of ERWO Inc
13009 Bold Venture Ave FRISCO, TX 75035
2) you can ZELLE donation from your bank
to ferwoinc@gmail.com
Name use FRIENDS OF ERWO
3) from your pension plan, IRA, you can ask them to send your donation to your charities directly. It is called Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD).
For Donations & Zakat
Contact: Abdul Rashid MD (570-573-3679)
Email : arashid98@yahoo.com
13009 Bold Venture Ave FRISCO, TX 75035
Looking at the performance of past 3 Years since the inauguration all the indications are that ERWO is offering a state of the art service and destined to grow fast to reach the unreached to help people to see the world.
January 31.Eye camp at Qazi Ahmed, The Retina of all the sugar patients and of those to have cataract operation was examined by Erwo team. 350 patients were screened
January 31.Eye camp at Qazi Ahmed, The Retina of all the sugar patients and of those to have cataract operation was examined by Erwo team. 350 patients were screened
Elza Retina Welfare organization ERW0 screened patients in eye camps at Azeemabad, Sann and Sakrand in Central and West of river Indus to detect the retinal diseases for timely treatment.
Free eye camp at Gulshan-e-Hadeed near steel mills Karachi was held on 30 October 2018. ERWO team saw the patients.
