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Blindness & Poverty

Latest news and updates about blindness and poverty across the globe. Read here to find out updates about what Tej Kohli is doing to support communities.

Using AI To Predict Poverty

Using AI To Predict Poverty

Artificial intelligence is becoming omnipresent and has the potential to improve every aspect of human life. Whilst rapid technological progression does risk exacerbating inequality, there are also reasons to be optimistic. Technologists are already harnessing AI’s data-mining ability in the fight against what the UN calls today’s greatest

Poverty blindness is a double disenfranchisement for women

Poverty blindness is a double disenfranchisement for women

Achieving gender equality in healthcare and education will help to prevent, alleviate and cure the poverty-driven blindness that disproportionately impacts women in poor communities. According to the World Health Organisation of 39 million blind people in the world, 64% are girls and women. That is more than 25 million women

UK Science Is Boosted By the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute

UK Science Is Boosted By the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute

The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is building on its track record for funding research in the USA and on its 6-year legacy of making direct treatment interventions in India. A new series of grants will support innovative UK technology, science and research projects that can help to alleviate and end

14-Year-Old Cured Of Cataract Blindness

14-Year-Old Cured Of Cataract Blindness

Cataracts are usually thought to affect older people, but children can also develop them — take for example, the story of 14-year-old Bipana Rai from Solukhumbu in Nepal, who was born visually impaired due to congenital cataracts. Bipana, recently completed her eighth grade and was worried that her worsening cataracts were

The Role Of Seed Funding For Alleviating Blindness In Poor Communities

The Role Of Seed Funding For Alleviating Blindness In Poor Communities

During my fifteen years as a technology investor and advocate of the prospect of artificial intelligence to improve human life I have been proud to back some amazing ventures. And recently the same ‘portfolio’ approach that I have typically applied to my investments has been proving equally effective for allocating

Impact Philanthropy - How it helps

Impact Philanthropy - How it helps

Impact philanthropy is a type of charitable giving that creates change with society and communities. The aim of philanthropy is to influence or improve social systems and create a better, fairer world. Impact philanthropy can assist in the creation of sustainable resources and equal opportunities. Evidence to solve issues Those

Two sisters cured of blindness

Two sisters cured of blindness

The Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation is an organisation that is on a mission to cure cataract blindness in the developing world. Curing blindness in remote and isolated communities can significantly contribute to the reduction of poverty. Parasa, mother of Reshma (13) and Kunti (7) had began to notice that