Shabnam’s story: Community health work at its finest

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, India, Other, Our Work
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Shabnam with other community health workers, are all working hard to educate their communities to eliminate avoidable blindness!
If you’re lucky, you chose what you wanted to study and what career interested you most. But what would it be like to live your life thinking that your future had been decided for you? Shabnam is a 32-year-old woman who lives with her husband and three children in Bhopal, India. She comes from a… Continue Reading Shabnam’s story: Community health work at its finest

Fresh water can restore girls’ futures!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Clean Water, Communities, Other, Prevention, Zambia
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girl with bucket
What was life like for you when you were a child? If you were like me, you probably went to school, played with friends and spent evenings having dinner with your family and possibly doing homework. Many young girls in rural Zambia are not as fortunate. Every day, these girls have to worry about how… Continue Reading Fresh water can restore girls’ futures!

Sustainable community eye health care in Nepal

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, Hospitals, Nepal, Other
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Older man in basket carried by younger man
Operation Eyesight’s work in Nepal goes back to 1973, when we established the Nepal Eye Hospital, the first full-fledged eye hospital in the country. We also played an instrumental role in establishing and/or renovating five other eye hospitals in Nepal, before withdrawing from the country to focus our blindness prevention programs elsewhere. In 2016, after… Continue Reading Sustainable community eye health care in Nepal

Going door to door to end blindness

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, India, Kenya, Zambia
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There are lots of causes of avoidable blindness. One that’s especially common in the countries where we work is what’s known as “poor eye health-seeking behaviour.” It refers to people who have problems with their eyes, but don’t seek medical attention. We’ve learned there are a lot of reasons for this, including a lack of… Continue Reading Going door to door to end blindness

Going great distances to find those at risk of blindness

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, Kenya
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Evelyne, 28, is a wife, mother of three, and one of our most successful volunteers in her region of Kenya. As a Trachomatous Trichiasis (TT) case finder, Evelyne and a team of women and men travel long distances across Narok district’s dusty plains. When they reach tiny remote villages, the team goes door-to-door to identify,… Continue Reading Going great distances to find those at risk of blindness