The Graham Layton Trust Sponsored Walk 2005

Battersea Park, London, 29th October

The walk starts at 2.00 pm on the Carriage Drive SOuth, by thre lake, close to the Rosebury Gate Car park / Entrance. We will walk past many of the most interesting parts of the park, including the lake, the Pump House, the Peace Pagoda and the River Thames.

Informal picnic before the walk at 1.00 pm.

DATE & TIME: Sat 29th October 2005 @ 2.00 pm (1.00 pm for informal picnic)

SPONSORSHIP: Click here for a sponsorship form. Minimum sponsorship, £25.

VENUE: Battersea Park, London SW11

If walking, please inform Suneel Shivdasani (shivdasani@tiscali.co.uk, 020 8661 1615)

UK grant enables LRBT doctors to remove a brass nail from a child ’s eye

“Seven year old Nida Rasheed was walking home when something hit her in the eye.

Her father, Abdul, took her to a senior eye consultant, who discovered that there was something in Nida’s eye. The cost to remove it was £800, without guarantee that Nida would regain her sight. Abdul, a carpenter, earning about £60 per month, was devastated.

Abdul was then told about LRBT, and so Nida was taken to the Karachi hospital. She was examined by the Chief Ophthalmologist who used equipment provided by The UK Community Fund. He discovered that the object was a bent brass nail. They were able to remove the nail and save her eye.

Her family were very grateful for the care at LRBT, recognising that the care she received was both free and the best available. Without the treatment, she would have had to have her eye removed. But now she has kept her sight, and has every opportunity to make the most of her life.”