At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Roopwati noticed her vision was starting to diminish, but, like the rest of us, she was consumed by the impact of the pandemic. By the time her vision started to affect her daily life, strict lockdowns were in place across India. Although she worried about her failing vision,… Continue reading Keeping communities avoidable blindness-free long term
Author: Ashley Anderson
Prescription eyeglasses help a brother and sister keep up in school
Sulemana (8) lives in Rama, Ghana. The youngest of seven children, he’s an active child, busy playing with his siblings and attending school. Although Sulemana has always been a good student, his teacher noticed that he was making increasingly frequent mistakes when trying to copy lessons or respond to questions written on the blackboard. His… Continue reading Prescription eyeglasses help a brother and sister keep up in school
Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Sarafina’s story
Every morning, Sarafina walked over two hours to fetch water from a small marshland three kilometres from her village. After being used by many people in the surrounding villages, the water would get muddy and the banks slippery and dangerous. To avoid this, Sarafina tried to always be one of the first people to get to the marshland, so she could draw the clearest water for her family. This… Continue reading Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Sarafina’s story
Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Karen’s story
In June 2021, Karen and her husband welcomed a healthy baby boy, Peter, into their family. Like all new mothers, Karen was overjoyed but also exhausted. This exhaustion was compounded by the fact that the borehole in Nkumbaisha, her village, had stopped working in May 2020. With a newborn in the household, Karen needed a lot of water every day for cleaning… Continue reading Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Karen’s story
