When you think of Operation Eyesight and our mission to eliminate avoidable blindness, the word “cancer” may not come to mind. However, eye cancer is a cause of blindness, and in some cases, this blindness could have been avoided with early detection. Retinoblastoma, a malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the retina, is… Continue reading Cancer can leave children in the dark
Category: Eye Surgery
Three lives forever changed!
Four years ago, an Indian woman named Arti, then 22 years old, was living a blissful life. She and her husband spent their days farming and looking after their beautiful daughter (who would eventually become a big sister). Life was good – until, one day, things took a dramatic turn for the worse. During a… Continue reading Three lives forever changed!
For this little boy, miracles do happen
Anil, an eight-month-old toddler, is the youngest among the three children of Ravi and Laxmi. Hailing from a very poor socio-economic background, they live in a small room in Ravi’s sister’s house in a remote village in the state of Telangana, India. Ravi makes his living by selling old clothes on the roadside in the… Continue reading For this little boy, miracles do happen
Couple helps others see the goodness in life
April 26 was a sad, but special day for Clarice and Al Bloomenthal. It would have been their daughter’s 48th birthday. Forty years ago, their world was turned upside down when a reckless driver stole the life of their eight-year-old girl, Risa. In the weeks that followed, the Bloomenthal family received many flowers and cards… Continue reading Couple helps others see the goodness in life
