Tag: Rotary Club

Help for the whole family

Preeti’s entire family – including her three younger brothers – was impacted when she lost her sight following a traumatic eye injury. Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, she received sight-restoring eye surgery free of charge.

For her family, 14-year-old Preeti is more than a daughter and sister – she is a caregiver to her three younger brothers and helps her single father run their household. Preeti also has big dreams for her family, who live together in a remote village in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “I… Continue reading Help for the whole family

Rotary Club helps us reach the unreached

Last year, Operation Eyesight became the first and only NGO in the eye health sector to work in the challenging state called Jammu and Kashmir, India – and it’s all because of the Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise! Many people in this mountainous state live in remote areas with no roads, making it extremely difficult… Continue reading Rotary Club helps us reach the unreached

Ridgewood Rotary brings water and opportunity to Kenyan school

Last September, we told you about Sarah Kiruri, a teacher at Kishermoruak Primary School in southern Kenya. Today we’d like to tell you about Ridgewood Rotary Club, a generous group of donors working behind the scenes to help keep Sarah’s school running smoothly. In 2008, Ridgewood Rotary, a club from New Jersey, USA, formed a… Continue reading Ridgewood Rotary brings water and opportunity to Kenyan school

Thanks to you, Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise

As past president and a past chair of international services for the Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise in Simcoe, ON, John Wallace’s enthusiastic support of Operation Eyesight knows no bounds. Not only is he a donor, he’s a supporter, a fundraiser and a cheerleader for the organization, which he calls, “an amazing and unique Canadian… Continue reading Thanks to you, Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise