Over 700 million people endure extreme poverty. At CRUD we tackle this holistically — restoring sight, training rural doctors and midwives, and building the institutions that make change last.
For 27 years we have worked hand-in-hand with communities across Sylhet — serving over 350,000 patients and equipping individuals with the tools, opportunities and skills to break free from poverty.
Free cataract surgery for those who cannot afford it — because no one should be blind from a 12-minute operation.
Training midwives, village doctors and IT workers so that healthcare and opportunity stay long after our camps end.
Audited annually, funded by long-standing European partners, governed under NGO Affairs Bureau Bangladesh.
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.
After years of fading eyesight, she received free cataract surgery through a CRUD eye camp. Today she lives independently at home — watch her tell the story in her own words.
I trained in Germany and returned home because no one should be blind from a 12-minute surgery they cannot afford.
That's all a cataract operation costs at the Habiganj eye hospital where we work — surgery, lens, hospital stay, and follow-up care. Every operation is funded by partners and supporters like you.