Eye surgeries improve a struggling family’s quality of life

Kandi Chandramohan, 34, works as a parking lot attendant in Secunderabad, a city near Hyderabad, India. Born and raised in Hyderabad, he dropped out of school in Grade 7 to begin working. He lives with his mother, his wife and their four daughters, and is the only bread earner of the family. For the past… Continue reading Eye surgeries improve a struggling family’s quality of life

Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

Canada, the United States, Australia and many other countries celebrate the special mothers in their lives on May 12. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all moms a very happy Mother’s Day! This photo shows a heartwarming maternal moment, when one of our favourite mothers and grandmothers, Jerita, saw her baby granddaughter for… Continue reading Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

With Mother’s Day on the horizon for Canadians, Americans, and others, it’s a natural association to think of babies. Their wide-eyed wonder at the world around them makes all but the crankiest person smile. Yet it may be shocking to realize that in the time it took you to read this paragraph, a child somewhere… Continue reading It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 2 of 2)

How is Operation Eyesight combating blinding trachoma in Kenya? Dr. Steve Mukiri, an ophthalmologist at the Narok District Hospital, reports on the local war against trachoma. (Read Part 1.) Before any Mass Drug Administration (MDA) exercise can kick off, our teams conduct intensive planning, lobbying and resource mobilization. The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) requisitions in… Continue reading Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 2 of 2)