EMPOWERING
rural girls to lead
the fight for sight
and EQUALITY.
EMPOWERING
rural girls to lead
the fight for sight
and EQUALITY.
EMPOWERING
rural girls to lead
the fight for sight
and EQUALITY.
In rural Bihar, gender inequality shapes a girl's future long before she has the chance to decide it herself. Social norms and limited access to education restrict her choices and opportunities.
At Akhand Jyoti, change begins when girls are given room to step forward. Through the 'Football to Eyeball' Girls' Empowerment Programme, underprivileged girls move from the margins into possibility.
The journey starts on a football field, where confidence replaces fear and girls challenge norms once closed to them. It then continues through education, professional training, and meaningful careers in eye care.
Over time, these girls become skilled professionals and community role models who restore sight, support families, and inspire other girls to follow.
A proven pathway that transforms girls into leaders.
Football breaks restrictive norms, builds courage, and sparks a mindset shift, laying the foundation of their transformation.
Football breaks restrictive norms, builds courage, and sparks a mindset shift, laying the foundation of their transformation.
Real progress. Real futures reshaped.
Throughthe'FootballtoEyeball'Girls'EmpowermentProgramme,weaimtoempower1500girlswhowillbecomethedrivingforceandcatalystsforchangebehindVision2030.
Life changes when sight begins to fade. In rural Bihar and other low-income regions, blindness quickly disrupts work, learning, and family life. Yet most blindness is curable when care arrives on time.
Akhand Jyoti's Blindness Elimination Programme takes eye care to the last mile. By training girls as optometrists and community leaders, we build a frontline that finds vision loss early and acts before it becomes permanent. From door-to-door screenings to children's eye checks, we guide patients to timely treatment. When sight is restored, people return to work, dignity, and the confidence to shape their own future.
Mritunjay Tiwary
Co-Founder and CEO
Many lives. Many journeys. ONE SHARED TURNING POINT.
Yoursupportcanhelpanunderprivilegedgirltransformherlifeandthemindsetofherentirecommunity.
