From the village outreach camp to the operating theatre, from the trained midwife to the IT-certified graduate — every CRUD programme is designed to hand a community something it can run after we leave.
AMRI is CRUD's permanent ophthalmic hospital — staffed year-round, fully equipped to European standards, and the operating theatre where every cataract surgery and complex eye case is performed.
Weekend deployments into villages without an ophthalmologist within 60 km. Free vision testing, refraction, intra-ocular pressure check, and surgical referral.
Phacoemulsification with intra-ocular lens implant — the 12-minute operation that restores a lifetime of sight, free for those who cannot afford it.
A six-month residential programme producing certified birth attendants who return to their villages and bring safe delivery within walking distance.
Practical clinical training for paramedics — diagnostic basics, common presentations, referral discipline — so every union has a trained first contact.
Testing primary school children for early vision problems and providing free corrective eyeglasses.
Computer literacy and digital-skills certificates that have placed graduates into real employment in Habiganj, Sylhet city, and the Middle East.
IllustrativeA multi-specialty centre extending AMRI beyond ophthalmology into general medicine and clinical research.
IllustrativeDedicated maternal and paediatric services building on the midwife-training programme — a wing of the new centre.
IllustrativeExpansion of IT and trades training — solar technician, mobile repair, tailoring — to triple our 200-graduate baseline.
IllustrativeLinking maternal-health visits to nutrition support in chronically food-insecure unions of Habiganj district.
IllustrativeSolar-powered clinics, water purification at outreach camps, and reforestation tied to community-health volunteers.
Free vision check or primary-care consultation at a village outreach camp or AMRI out-patient.
On-site treatment for simple cases; transport to AMRI Hospital for complex surgical referrals.
Cataract, paediatric or specialist eye surgery performed by our senior surgeons at AMRI.
Six-week post-op review delivered through the village midwife or doctor we trained.
There is no national health budget line for free cataract surgery in rural Bangladesh. The 2,340 operations on this page were paid for, one at a time, by partners and donors like you.