Elizabeth Roden, Director, Marketing and Communications, Author at Operation Eyesight

This little one has a big future ahead

In India, there are about 3.5 million premature births annually, and more than 150,000 are liable to develop Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Without early diagnosis and treatment, infants like little Aarsh, pictured here with his mother Shabana, could otherwise have faced a life with irreversible blindness. Learn more.

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

An eye health ambassador’s long journey to restored sight

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

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

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