While most Canadian schoolkids would have a hard time finding Ghana on a map, the West African country truly came to life for donor Sharon Margison when she was 10 years old. That year, her mother, then president of the Toronto YWCA, developed a close friendship with a young Ghanaian woman named Sika (also known… Continue reading Childhood friendship fuels hope for 23,000 kids in Ghana
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Operation Eyesight applauds Bill C-284, the National Strategy for Eye Care Act becoming lawÂ
Operation Eyesight applauds Canada’s Bill C-284 and the National Strategy for Eye Health Care, November 7, 2024
A paddling partnership that improves lives: Eyes on the finish line
A partnership between the Kaavéri Dragon Boat teams and Operation Eyesight is promoting eye health in India, Canada and the world. Our CEO Kashinath Bhoosnurmath is with one of the teams. Many team members are part of the Indian diaspora community.
This one’s for all the moms out there…
Those wrinkled feet. That scrunched up button nose. Those tiny little fingers. Their chest, rising and falling. Their soft little eyelids fluttering. How many times did you just sit there, gazing lovingly at your new baby, watching them sleep, so peacefully, so innocently? I’m sure you remember the very first moment you laid eyes on… Continue reading This one’s for all the moms out there…
