2cr rural people to get access to eye care by 2023

A joint initiative by MetLife Foundation and EssilorLuxottica's Social Impact Fund will by 2023 help create over 800 entrepreneurs to provide eye care services, such as vision testing, for two crore people in rural areas.

With a pooled fund of $1 million from both organisations, the programme is being implemented by Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), said a press release.

The TMSS conducts recruitment and training of eye care providers known as "vision entrepreneurs".

The funding will enable the TMSS to set up four new training centres across Jashore, Cumilla, Khulna and Chattogram.