Happy New Year!

Elagonda claps with excitement when describing her surgery, made possible by caring people like you.

Happy 2019! It’s hard to believe that 2018 has come and gone, isn’t it? Time flies. Last year people like you helped us reach thousands of people in need of eye care. Thank you for your support! So many people, like Elagonda from India, were helped through your generosity. Here’s a letter Elagonda wanted us… Continue reading Happy New Year!

Taking Time to Appreciate the View

James is so happy now that his sight has been restored – and it’s all because of donors like you!

“I couldn’t work or even tell people apart unless I recognized their voices, and my wife Pauline had to lead me around our home,” says James, a 70-year-old farmer from Kenya. James suffered from bilateral cataracts and desperately needed surgery. To get treatment, he’d need to save enough money to cover a trip to Nairobi,… Continue reading Taking Time to Appreciate the View

A great big thank you!

Tilt your head. Then close one eye, squint out of the corner of the other eye, and try to read this blog post. Don’t you find it awkward, uncomfortable and hard to see?

From all of us at Operation Eyesight, we wanted to say THANK YOU again for donating to our GivingTuesday campaign.  It was a great success! We raised $3,770 in total, and that will be doubled by our generous matching donor. And so many kind-hearted people signed up to become Monthly Visionaries, which means together we’ll give the gift… Continue reading A great big thank you!