Category: Eye Cancer

Helping mothers take care of their children’s eye health needs

Seven-year-old Deborah lives in a small farming community in Ghana. After school and on weekends, she and her seven siblings help their parents on their cocoa farm. When Deborah was four years old, she suffered an eye injury when she was hit in her left eye with a stick. The injury didn’t seem to affect… Continue reading Helping mothers take care of their children’s eye health needs

Helping eye cancer patients from India and around the world

The “Wall of Hope” with handprints of children treated for retinoblastoma at the Operation Eyesight Institute for Eye Cancer. Each handprint represents a life saved, thanks to our donors.

Sight restored. Cancer beaten. Lives saved! And all thanks to our generous donors!   In September 2015, we opened the Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer in India in response to the shocking fact that every day, four children in India are born with eye cancer. Through its early detection and integrated treatments programs,… Continue reading Helping eye cancer patients from India and around the world

Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!

Many children will benefit from this new facility. Early detection and appropriate treatment of retinoblastoma can save a child’s life!

Since we started working in India in 1963, Operation Eyesight has made great strides in that country. Our Hospital-Based Community Eye Health model has been endorsed by Vision 2020 India, and other organizations look to us as leaders in the eye health community. Our India projects are growing by leaps and bounds, and serving many levels of eye health across the… Continue reading Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!