Have you ever found that sometimes, the simplest messages are the most heartfelt? Let me tell you about Dawson, 72, and Anisa, 68. This elderly couple live in a tiny one room thatched house in the village of Kajilo, located in Zambia’s North-Western Province. Until quite recently, their lives were miserable because neither of them could… Continue reading Radio reaches those in dire need
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Thanks to you: Eileen Maharaj
A Sunday School class at Grandview Baptist Church (now Grandview Calvary Baptist Church) in Vancouver was all the inspiration that then-teenager Eileen Maharaj needed to support Operation Eyesight. “My teacher regularly had ‘mission moments’ in our class and one of those moments was about Operation Eyesight,” explains Eileen. “It inspired my imagination. Blindness is something… Continue reading Thanks to you: Eileen Maharaj
Back to work and back to school!
Sachin is a 59-year-old farmer and traditional healer who lives with his family in the village of Bhutini Para in the Rajganj Block of West Bengal. As the chief breadwinner, he was very concerned when he began to lose his vision. It got so bad that he could no longer farm or deliver herbal medicines… Continue reading Back to work and back to school!
Advice from Grandpa
Grandpa would be immensely proud of the work Operation Eyesight is doing and the millions of people who can see today, thanks to the generosity of our donors. That’s the message Glenys Jenkyns, granddaughter of our founder Art Jenkyns, shared at our recent Annual General Meeting. Fired with enthusiasm about Operation Eyesight’s mandate to eliminate… Continue reading Advice from Grandpa
