Rural Zambia presents challenges for eye health care

I recently spent three days in the Solwezi region of Zambia’s North-Western province (that’s its name, like Alberta), in the very pleasant company of Operation Eyesight ophthalmologist Dr. Edith Pola. On March 10, I accompanied Edith and her team to an eye screening clinic at Meheba Refugee Camp, one of the longest-standing refugee camps in… Continue reading Rural Zambia presents challenges for eye health care

Six weeks, six countries

Lynda is currently on a whirlwind tour of Operation Eyesight’s program partners in each of the countries where we work. There are blossoms on the almond trees in Himanchal Pradesh and the comments circulating in this Himalayan state, as the temperatures reach above 20 C, are “winter is over and summer is coming.” Interesting how… Continue reading Six weeks, six countries

Goats, potholes, signage and bouquets

Lynne has been traveling throughout Africa since mid-February visiting the nations of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia. A few musings about my month spent in four African countries: Traffic: Compared to North America, the general African public has a serene obliviousness to traffic. Vehicles, not pedestrians, have right of way. Even women carrying babies aren’t… Continue reading Goats, potholes, signage and bouquets