After conducting an eye screening camp at numerous government-aided and BMC-run schools, various rotaract groups discovered that 13 per cent students — of 2,700 who were screened — were suffering from refractive error, vitamin A deficiency, squint and infective eye problems.

To raise awareness for preventable blindness and gather resources to provide affordable eye care for the underprivileged students, six Rotaract clubs from the city have organised, I Run in Support (IRIS), a 6-km run on November 18 at 7 am from Nariman point to Girgaum Chowpatty and back.

Open your eyes: A doctor from the Rotaract Club of Caduceus checks a girl student at a government school recently