Grey Mist Lifting

Welcome to Grey Mist Lifting!

We named our blog Grey Mist Lifting because this expression – or words like it – are commonly heard in the clinics we support. When the bandages come off after cataract surgery, patients often describe what they are experiencing. For example; “Yesterday, all I could see was a grey mist. Today, the mist has lifted. I can see again.”

We hope you enjoy the posts and we invite you to comment and join the conversation!

Portable Eye Examination Kit (PEEK), transforms the lives of students in Kenya

| By Alice Mwangi, Country Manager, Kenya
Categories: Blog, Eyeglasses, Kenya, Our Work, PEEK
Little girl in Kenya is screened through PEEK project and received help through Operation Eyesight support
Elizabeth is 22, and she’s still in her first year of high school while the rest of her peers are in their second year of university. She lives in a small village in the Trans Nzoia County in Kenya with her parents and siblings. She had quit school in 2011, having suffered from visual impairment that made studying… Continue Reading Portable Eye Examination Kit (PEEK), transforms the lives of students in Kenya

How one man turned his despair into a dream and vision for millions

| By Kerri Robins, Senior Communications Specialist
Categories: Blog, Communities, Hospitals, News, Other, Our Work, Prevention
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Brian Foster, former Executive Director, picture here with 10-yr-old grandson Rourke.
Brian Foster and Benny’s Restaurant enjoyed a special relationship. It’s here in this Calgary eatery that Foster imagined a plan that would shift the fortunes of a global organization. “Benny’s was my network place and a lot of ideas were hatched there,” says Foster, 70. “I solved a lot of problems over breakfast. But better… Continue Reading How one man turned his despair into a dream and vision for millions

Thank you for another incredible year

| By Lucas Taylor, Journalist, guest author
Categories: AGM, Blog, Communities, Donors, Giving Tuesday, Hospitals, Operation Eyesight Events, Our Work, Prevention, Volunteers
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Operation Eyesight staff
We are proud to introduce this week’s blog post by our guest writer Lucas Taylor, a Calgary journalist and returning volunteer. This year he covered our donor celebration and AGM with the following story: Operation Eyesight held their Annual General Meeting and Donor Celebration on Monday June 25th, and I had the pleasure of attending.… Continue Reading Thank you for another incredible year

Her blindness was destroying two lives…

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Blog, Communities, Community Health Worker, Eye Surgery, Hospitals, India, Our Work
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Indian grandmother receives sight'saving surgery
It’s normal to think about blindness as a personal condition. After all, it’s easiest to imagine how it would affect your life. But for Surajkali, blindness stole not just her independence, but her 10-year old grandson’s, too. Surajkali is 65 and from India. She lives in Rurwahar Village in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her husband is a… Continue Reading Her blindness was destroying two lives…

Happy Father’s Day!

| By Mikhaila Molloy, Digital Communications Specialist
Categories: Blog, Communities, Community Health Worker, Donors, Eye Surgery, Hospitals, India, Our Work
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Indian man receives cataract surgery
Did you celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday? If you’re anything like me, your father is someone special who took care of you, helped shape your childhood, who guided you through life’s challenges and taught you some important lessons that you still carry with you today. Maybe some of you reading this are fathers yourselves, and… Continue Reading Happy Father’s Day!