Tag: cataract

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

Eyesight is “priceless”: Patient embraces restored independence

Horibala, from the village of Godashimla, Bangladesh, likes to keep busy. The 65-year-old finds joy and motivation in her favourite pastimes: sewing and travel. But for years, she was unable to enjoy these activities as her eyes clouded over with cataracts. “I couldn’t see at all,” she recalls. “Even when I closed one eye to… Continue reading Eyesight is “priceless”: Patient embraces restored independence

Restored sight gives grandmother in India a new lease on life

For Venkatamma in Karnataka, India, one of the most astounding things about getting her vision back is being able to keep track of time again. “You can’t imagine what it’s like to look at the clock in the morning,” the 65-year-old grandmother says with a laugh, “and to be able to tell the time!” Seeing… Continue reading Restored sight gives grandmother in India a new lease on life