Sixteen-year-old Vanessa dreams of being a doctor someday. But when she started having trouble reading the blackboard at school, her grades began to suffer, and she worried she would never have the opportunity to study medicine. The Grade 11 student lives in Matero, a high-density neighbourhood in Lusaka, Zambia. Last year, her school’s health club… Continue reading Future back in focus for teen after vision restored
Category: Vision Centres
Meet our people: Samson Keitany
Samson Keitany is Head of the Eye Department at Huruma Eye Unit, our partner in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. “2021 was a blessed year for us. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, our work in serving the community continued from the support we received from Operation Eyesight,” Samson says. “We started the year with school screening that… Continue reading Meet our people: Samson Keitany
Eye health care, just in time
Today, nine-year-old Aaliya from the village of Vallabhnagar in Rajasthan can go to school and play with her friends – but it wasn’t always this way. Failing vision from the age of three meant the gradual loss of sight in her right eye. Aaliya’s family took her to several hospitals seeking treatment, but these efforts… Continue reading Eye health care, just in time
Celebrating Dads & Grandpas on Father’s Day
Whether you call him Baba, Tata or Dad, he’s been there since the start to pick you up when you’ve fallen down, to listen to your problems or just to give you a hug. Today, join us in celebrating the fathers and grandfathers in our Operation Eyesight community. Bhagiram: India Today, Bhagiram is proud to… Continue reading Celebrating Dads & Grandpas on Father’s Day