An eight-year-old second-grade student in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, regained clear vision thanks to free eyeglasses from Operation Eyesight’s School Eye Health Program.
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Cataract surgery brings second chance for Gulbahar
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New Vision Centre Opens in MalawiÂ
Drive 10 hours north of Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe and you’ll find yourself in Chitipa District, a hilly, agricultural region sandwiched into the tripoint border with Zambia and Tanzania. Until recently, the local hospital was over capacity and many people seeking eye health care were being referred to neighbouring hospitals, all between 100 to… Continue reading New Vision Centre Opens in MalawiÂ
Notes from the field: Reporting for duty in Isiolo County, Kenya
On the day I arrived in Garbatulla, Kenya to begin my work with Operation Eyesight, there was no electricity, so I couldn’t let my colleagues back in Nairobi know that I had made it. The next day, the network came back online, but the incident sums up one of the challenges of working in this… Continue reading Notes from the field: Reporting for duty in Isiolo County, Kenya
