It’s good news for Indian that the world’s largest eye care provider Aravind Eye Care System has got the world’s largest humanitarian prize. Aravind Eye Care System is the biggest and most creative eye care facility in the world, in periods of surgical capacity and the number of patients treated.
Indian group Aravind Eye Care System, which performs 300,000 free or subsidized eye surgeries a year for the poor. It will receive the world’s largest humanitarian prize, jurors said on Friday.
Aravind, the world’s largest eye care provider, was selected for USD 1.5 million Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize, awarded annually to an association that does exceptional work to alleviate human suffering.
The award will be offered on April 20 in Redwood City, California. Aravind was one of almost 200 nominees for the reward, awarded each year since 1996 by the Hilton Foundation established by the late hotelier to help the world’s poor.