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About 50% of the blind coming to the EyeHospital can be treated by surgery , glasses or medicines.
For the other 50% of the blind a rehabilitation program is offered, when the family and client are motivated and when they have land to practice agricultural rehabilitation.
This is a program to empower the blind. In this program blind people learn how to grow their own vegetables, how to make adjustments in their village, so they can find there way without help. In this way their children can go to school again instead of guiding the blind.
The duration of training is three years, after that period the blind and their family are able to sustain themselves. The initial and most important training is on mobility. Various activities in farming are practiced depending on the experience and need of the client (see below).