Tag: India

Help for the whole family

Preeti’s entire family – including her three younger brothers – was impacted when she lost her sight following a traumatic eye injury. Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, she received sight-restoring eye surgery free of charge.

For her family, 14-year-old Preeti is more than a daughter and sister – she is a caregiver to her three younger brothers and helps her single father run their household. Preeti also has big dreams for her family, who live together in a remote village in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “I… Continue reading Help for the whole family

A family culture… in service to others

In 2023, we celebrate 60 years of partnering with communities to deliver the life-changing Gift of Sight. Today, the entire Jenkyns family – including Linda and Jim Jenkyns, pictured here – is continuing the legacy of Art Jenkyns. Art founded Operation Eyesight in 1963, when he began fundraising to provide cataract surgeries for patients and families in India.

For the Jenkyns family, supporting Operation Eyesight has become a family tradition. “For two decades, our entire family has come together each year for a shinny hockey game and fundraiser dinner,” says Linda Jenkyns, daughter of our founder Art Jenkyns. “It’s great to see the little ones growing up and becoming part of it.” Three… Continue reading A family culture… in service to others

Community input helps bring new educational materials to life

A group of women and men cluster around a table, peering at an illustration on a digital drawing tablet held up by artist Anil Kumar. The illustration depicts a young girl showing her mother a school certificate. One of the women looks closely at the illustration before making a comment. “The girl should be holding… Continue reading Community input helps bring new educational materials to life

Toddler gets life-changing treatment for strabismus

Thanks to her determined mom, two-year-old Venus is getting treatment for an eye condition that could have caused her irreversible vision loss. The cheerful toddler was born in 2020, the same year her parents moved back to their home village after widespread lockdowns in India were announced. The little girl was thriving under the care… Continue reading Toddler gets life-changing treatment for strabismus