Seventy-year-old Debeswari, from Golaghat District, Assam, India once led an active life, walking to her nearby village to visit. When cataracts clouded her vision, her world shrank to the four walls of her home. Once cheerful and independent, she became totally dependent on her family. Financial struggles and fear of surgery kept her from seeking… Continue reading Cataract surgery counselling helps senior regain independence
Category: Cataract
Community outreach leads to sight-saving cataract surgery
Sriramappa, from Karnataka, India, was living with vision loss from cataracts. This left him dependent on his family for his daily needs, and he could no longer support them by grazing his cows and goats. When his wife passed away from an illness, and he lived in darkness, mentally and physically, for three years. His… Continue reading Community outreach leads to sight-saving cataract surgery
Gift of Sight: Cataract surgery spares Benjamin from a life of avoidable blindness
Every day, 10-year-old Benjamin in Kenya proudly leads his family’s goats out to graze, a chore that once seemed unthinkable, because from a young age, Benjamin was blind. Benjamin lives with his parents and six siblings in the village of Olookitareti in Kajiado County. The family struggles financially; Benjamin’s father Joshua has a chronic illness,… Continue reading Gift of Sight: Cataract surgery spares Benjamin from a life of avoidable blindness
Decades of eye disease pain relieved for grandmother in Kenya  Â
After living with painful eye disease for decades, Napolo from Kenya finally found lasting relief through trachoma surgery supported by Operation Eyesight and partners.
