Bold vision, courageous leadership: an interview with Sightsavers CEO Dr. Caroline Harper

Sightsavers CEO Dr. Caroline Harper (tie dye shirt, left of centre), Operation Eyesight President & CEO Kashinath Bhoosnurmath (back row, fourth from the right) and fellow trustees at the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) Board Meeting, held in Mexico City in June 2024, to coincide with IAPB’s annual 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE event.

There are valuable lessons the global eye health sector can learn from the corporate world, and Dr. Caroline Harper is proof. Dr. Harper joined Sightsavers as CEO in 2005, following a career in the oil and gas sector, bringing with her fresh perspectives on leadership, partnership and innovation. Over the past two decades, she has… Continue reading Bold vision, courageous leadership: an interview with Sightsavers CEO Dr. Caroline Harper

This little one has a big future ahead

In India, there are about 3.5 million premature births annually, and more than 150,000 are liable to develop Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Without early diagnosis and treatment, infants like little Aarsh, pictured here with his mother Shabana, could otherwise have faced a life with irreversible blindness. Learn more.

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! This is baby Aarsh, from a small village just outside Moradabad city, in Uttar Pradesh, India. At seven months old, he weighs about seven pounds – what many babies weigh at birth. Aarsh’s mother, Shabana, was only seven months pregnant when she delivered him prematurely. Little Aarsh had been… Continue reading This little one has a big future ahead

Reflections of a Soon-to-be Kinder Mom

Our eldest starts kindergarten this year. And boy, is she ready. She’s been telling us so since her fourth birthday, thinking that the moment she turned five she’d get to hop on the bus to school.  Amidst the back-to-school shopping and birthday party planning, I’ve been reflecting on the journey that brought us to this… Continue reading Reflections of a Soon-to-be Kinder Mom