All-female healthcare team to run mobile vision clinic in northern India

Today, on International Women’s Day, we are excited to tell you about an innovative project we are undertaking in partnership with NorQuest College (Edmonton, AB) and the Rotary Eye and ENT Hospital (Udhampur, India). The goal of the project is to give people in a rural district in northwest India greater access to eye health… Continue reading All-female healthcare team to run mobile vision clinic in northern India

What is hospital strengthening, and why is it important?

One of the key pillars of our work is hospital strengthening. This means that we collaborate with hospital and government partners to ensure that hospitals have the resources necessary to provide quality eye health care. Our partner hospitals are identified based on the eye health needs of the areas they serve, and then they then go through a thorough vetting… Continue reading What is hospital strengthening, and why is it important?

Chikhale is so grateful for your support!

Chikhale performs a retinoscopy on a patient being screened to receive eyeglasses.

In his own words…  “My name is Chikhale Motiram. I’m 21 years old, and I live in a small village in the Latur district in Maharashtra, India. I have one year of experience in surgical marketing. My father is a farmer, my mother is a house wife and I have four siblings.  I completed the… Continue reading Chikhale is so grateful for your support!

A day in the life of a program officer

For Vineela Cherukuri, her position as a Program Officer with Operation Eyesight in India is not just a career she had dreamed of, but also an opportunity to create lasting changes in the lives of thousands of people! Vineela joined our family in August 2018, after working for two years as a clinical optometrist at… Continue reading A day in the life of a program officer