Darkness to Light

Darkness to Light is a Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga project that focuses on helping people with vision impairment.

Dr. Darkness to Light is a project founded by Dr. Alok Sharma who has been working on separate projects like Eye Camps in India since 2005.

Besides his work with the Eye Camps, Dr Alok Sharma wants to help the vision impaired people in the Riverina. These local projects are completely independent to the RAWCS approved overseas projects that have been undertaken in India.

Since 2010, the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga has fully funded the following local projects:

• Provision of 2 Stryker Surgistools to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Eye Theatre

• Presented to Wagga resident Mrs Thara Pech, a PEARL text to speech camera including Open Book and software

• Presented to Vision Australia a computer to help visually impaired try out software before they buy

• Held an activities day at Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre for families with children who have vision impairment

• Held workshops for the visually impaired to assist with employment options