MFV wants to optimally use the resources and attention to areas where the need for curable blindness is relatively high. As per published statistics, the national average of cataract surgery (major cause of blindness) is 0.44%. Some of the states like Gujarat the rate is 1% while the northern and Central states like Bihar, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkand, West Bengal have a rate less than or around 0.3 %. We intend to look for suitable partners who can work with us to set up facilities to reach the blind.

As part of the future expansion plans for 2010, MFV intends to have 20 partner hospitals in various states of India, thereby aiming to support 250,000 surgeries per annum. These should serve as effective models for like-minded persons to replicate and make it possible to eradicate curable blindness in India.