October 2024 | CTV News
We promote child eye health on the CTV Calgary (Canada) live morning show, sharing video clips from our child eye health programs from Africa and South Asia.
October 2024 | The Standard
The Operation Eyesight Kenya team ran a school eye screening in honour of World Sight Day 2024. The screening was part of the Vision Impact Project, implemented by Operation Eyesight in partnership with Kajiado County Government and funded by CBM Christian Blind Mission.
October 2024 | African Eye Report
World Sight Day 2024 focused on child eye health as 450 million children worldwide have an eye condition that requires treatment. The Operation Eyesight Ghana team shared World Sight Day Plans leading up to World Sight Day on October 10, 2024.
October2024 | Calgary’s Child
In honour of World Sight Day, Operation Eyesight encouraged all parents and guardians to help their children to love their eyes – and help all children love their eyes with a $20 donation.
June 2024 | Globe and Mail
Myrna Linder, Fund Director, shares Operation Eyesight’s ‘secret sauce’, relationships with long-term donors and how the gift of sight continues to impact lives through legacy giving.
April 2024 | Business Ghana
We are mentioned in an article on Glaucoma in Ghana as an NGO (non-governmental organization) that delivers eye heath care, conducts research.
February 2024 | Nature
We are included in a SWOT analysis of the models used by social enterprises in scaling effective refractive error coverage to achieve 2030 IN SIGHT in Kenya.
September 2023 | For the Love of our City
We were featured on Bell Media’s For the Love of our City campaign, which features stories of corporate citizenship in Calgary and takes a look at how local businesses and organizations are making a positive impact and creating lasting change for our city and the world.
July 2023 | Calgary Herald
Operation Eyesight President & CEO Kashinath Bhoosnurmath was interviewed in the Calgary Herald to talk about our 60th anniversary, what we have accomplished together over the years and our vision for the future of global eye health.
July 2023 | Iten County Referral Hospital Eye Unit
The opening of a new operation theatre at Iten County Referral Hospital’s Eye Unit in Kenya was made possible by Operation Eyesight’s global team of staff, volunteers, donors and partners. It was a landmark event for the community and received coverage by Kenya News Agency and Kass Media.
November 2022 | Charity Intelligence Nomination
Charity Intelligence Canada named Operation Eyesight one of the Top 10 Impact Charities for the fifth consecutive year, and one of the Top 10 International Impact Charities for the third year in a row. This garnered us mentions in the Globe and Mail, MoneySense, and the Kingstonist.
July 2022 | Narok Mass Drug Administration (MDA)
Operation Eyesight partnered Sightsavers and the ministries of health in Kenya and Tanzania to distribute antibiotics to more than 1.3 million people with trachoma or at risk of developing the infection, providing much-needed treatment to communities along the Kenya-Tanzania border. The project received coverage from several news outlets across Kenya, including K24 TV, The Star, Look Up TV, China Daily and People Daily.
October 2022 | CTV Calgary
Operation Eyesight appeared on CTV Morning Live Calgary, to talk about World Sight Day 2022, raising awareness about global eye health and the importance of loving your eyes. We also provided some eye health tips for viewers.
April – May 2021 | The Good Sight
Operation Eyesight was featured in The Good Sight’s “Catalyst for Change” e-coffee table book, which showcases some of the most powerful development models across sectors such as health, women empowerment and education.
May 9, 2021 | My Radio 580
Listen to us on My Radio 580AM to learn more about our Mother’s Day campaign. Host Sapreet Buttar and Candice Naylen, our former VP of Advancement, discuss the need for eye health care services in low- and middle-income countries and how you can help prevent blindness and restore sight for women and girls.
July 16, 2020 | ACGC
How to partner with the MoH – at the nationaCatalysts of Change: Relieving Challenges and Pressures for Women as They Confront Pressing Community Health Concerns
Operation Eyesight has been working for the last 57 years with local government and partner hospitals to eliminate avoidable blindness.
May 4, 2020 | CCIC
Keeping an eye on COVID-19: Operation Eyesight’s approach to leveraging its network in times of crisis
COVID-19 is a health crisis whose impacts will devastate economies and increase inequality around the world. In addition to concerns here at home…
April 28, 2020 | IAPB
How to partner with the MoH – at the national, district, health facility and community level
Advocacy is an organized attempted change of policy, practice, and/or attitudes by presenting evidence and arguments for how and why change should happen.
April 23, 2020 | Globe Newswire
Calgary charity shifts priorities to provide humanitarian aid in developing countries during COVID-19 pandemic
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, Calgary-based international charity, Operation Eyesight, is applying the organization’s systems and experience in providing…
October 26, 2019 | 1310 News
Operation Eyesight in a conversation with Sam Laprade on An Hour to Give
In October 2019, Aly Bandali, our former President and CEO, Andrew Judson, a former Operation Eyesight board member and Laurie Manion, a gratitude volunteer, had a conversation with Sam Laprade on her program, An Hour to Give, on 1310 News in Ottawa. Listen to the podcast here!
