For most of his adult life, Abraham made a living as a cobbler, supporting his wife and raising six children on his earnings. But several years ago, he started having trouble threading needles. Initially, he pricked himself repeatedly, and eventually, he couldn’t get the needles threaded at all. Due to his poor eyesight, Abraham had… Continue reading The role of eye care in preventing poverty
Category: Sustainable Development Goals
Global leadership, local perspectives
In spring 2023, Operation Eyesight welcomed Dr. Ritu Ghosh as the newest addition to our leadership team. As Global Director – International Programmes, Dr. Ghosh will play a key role in helping us expand our work to more countries and reach more communities in our countries of work, as well as set up examples of… Continue reading Global leadership, local perspectives
World Sight Day brings the Gift of Sight to the globe
Each year on World Sight Day, the global eye health community joins hands to encourage everyone, everywhere to love their eyes and make their eye health a priority. This year, on Oct. 12, our global community brought quality eye health care to more than 108,000 people across South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Canada. Together… Continue reading World Sight Day brings the Gift of Sight to the globe
20 new villages declared Avoidable Blindness-Free in Kenya
The last few months of 2022 were busy ones for Caroline Ikumu, our program manager in Kenya (pictured above at far right). She spent much of that time on the road, travelling to visit our projects in Elgeyo Marakwet County. But she isn’t complaining. The cause of all this busyness was one to celebrate. Between October… Continue reading 20 new villages declared Avoidable Blindness-Free in Kenya
