Elementary school students to launch `Kids for Sight` campaign

"In Sanskirt, my name means 'eyes' and 'vision.' I want to help blind children see their family and friends," said Nyan Pendyala. After he decided to forego gifts for his eighth birthday and request that donations go to ORBIS, his sister, Lehka, also stepped in to help. Her name means "line" and "writing" in Sanskrit. She noted, "If you can't see, you're going to have a hard time learning to read and write."

Nyan and Lehka, both students at Hampton's Central Elementary School in Allison Park, Penn., a suburb of Pittsburgh, will officially kick-off their "Kids for Sight" campaign in their respective classrooms on World Sight Day, which falls this year on Thursday, October 11th.