Imagine preparing a meal for family and friends, and nobody eats it because they don’t trust your cooking skills due to your failing eyesight. Or picture yourself shopping at the local marketplace and wondering if you’re being shortchanged by the vendor because you can’t see the numbers on the coins. That’s what Sharda, who lives… Continue reading An eye health ambassador’s long journey to restored sight
Author: Elizabeth Roden, Director, Marketing and Communications
The size of our dreams
Back in 2013, Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk, The Way We Think About Charities is Dead Wrong, created a ripple effect in the non-profit sector, advocating for the investment in non-profits and a change in the way the sector and the public at large think about overhead. I first had the chance to hear Pallotta speak… Continue reading The size of our dreams
This little one has a big future ahead
Look at those big, beautiful eyes! This is baby Aarsh, from a small village just outside Moradabad city, in Uttar Pradesh, India. At seven months old, he weighs about seven pounds – what many babies weigh at birth. Aarsh’s mother, Shabana, was only seven months pregnant when she delivered him prematurely. Little Aarsh had been… Continue reading This little one has a big future ahead
Reflections of a Soon-to-be Kinder Mom
Our eldest starts kindergarten this year. And boy, is she ready. She’s been telling us so since her fourth birthday, thinking that the moment she turned five she’d get to hop on the bus to school. Amidst the back-to-school shopping and birthday party planning, I’ve been reflecting on the journey that brought us to this… Continue reading Reflections of a Soon-to-be Kinder Mom
