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!

New eye hospital opens eyes in Ghana

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Ghana, Hospitals, Our Work
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When you’re a sensitive teenager, your confidence can be crippled if you are embarrassed about your appearance. With her eyelids chronically swollen with fluid, 16-year old Mansah might have remained shy and withdrawn, if it weren’t for Ghana’s Watborg Eye Hospital. “Since class one, I’ve been the subject of people talking about me because of… Continue Reading New eye hospital opens eyes in Ghana

Eye surgeries improve a struggling family’s quality of life

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Eye Surgery, India
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Kandi Chandramohan, 34, works as a parking lot attendant in Secunderabad, a city near Hyderabad, India. Born and raised in Hyderabad, he dropped out of school in Grade 7 to begin working. He lives with his mother, his wife and their four daughters, and is the only bread earner of the family. For the past… Continue Reading Eye surgeries improve a struggling family’s quality of life

Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: News
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Canada, the United States, Australia and many other countries celebrate the special mothers in their lives on May 12. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all moms a very happy Mother’s Day! This photo shows a heartwarming maternal moment, when one of our favourite mothers and grandmothers, Jerita, saw her baby granddaughter for… Continue Reading Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day!

It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: News
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With Mother’s Day on the horizon for Canadians, Americans, and others, it’s a natural association to think of babies. Their wide-eyed wonder at the world around them makes all but the crankiest person smile. Yet it may be shocking to realize that in the time it took you to read this paragraph, a child somewhere… Continue Reading It’s a wonderful world… for a baby who can see

Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 2 of 2)

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Kenya, Our Work
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How is Operation Eyesight combating blinding trachoma in Kenya? Dr. Steve Mukiri, an ophthalmologist at the Narok District Hospital, reports on the local war against trachoma. (Read Part 1.) Before any Mass Drug Administration (MDA) exercise can kick off, our teams conduct intensive planning, lobbying and resource mobilization. The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) requisitions in… Continue Reading Mobilization! The war against trachoma (Part 2 of 2)