Having undergone cataract surgery himself, Vijay Verma knows just how important good vision is to quality of life. “The gift of eyesight is the best thing you can give to anybody. It just changes their whole world,” he says. “You can make donations for food and things like that, but it disappears after two days.… Continue reading A Vancouver donor’s dedication to the Gift of Sight
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Vision restored, hope renewed for mother in India
To weave cloth using a handloom, you need patience, coordination and most of all – keen eyesight. So when Junmoni, a handloom weaver, started having trouble with her vision, she knew her livelihood was in peril. The mother of two lives in Chakala, a village near the Brahmaputra River in Assam, northeast India. Her husband… Continue reading Vision restored, hope renewed for mother in India
