Imagine eyelashes scratching like a metal brush

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Eye Surgery, Kenya
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Trachoma is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. I have seen people suffering from it in developing countries like Kenya and Zambia, where it is the most common and widespread eye health issue. An agonizing disease borne of a lack of clean water and poor sanitation, trachoma causes permanent blindness if left untreated. The… Continue Reading Imagine eyelashes scratching like a metal brush

Radio reaches those in dire need

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Communities, Eye Surgery, Our Work, Zambia
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Have you ever found that sometimes, the simplest messages are the most heartfelt? Let me tell you about Dawson, 72, and Anisa, 68. This elderly couple live in a tiny one room thatched house in the village of Kajilo, located in Zambia’s North-Western Province. Until quite recently, their lives were miserable because neither of them could… Continue Reading Radio reaches those in dire need

Thanks to you: Eileen Maharaj

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, India, Our Work
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A Sunday School class at Grandview Baptist Church (now Grandview Calvary Baptist Church) in Vancouver was all the inspiration that then-teenager Eileen Maharaj needed to support Operation Eyesight. “My teacher regularly had ‘mission moments’ in our class and one of those moments was about Operation Eyesight,” explains Eileen. “It inspired my imagination. Blindness is something… Continue Reading Thanks to you: Eileen Maharaj

Thanks to you: Don McIver

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, Volunteers
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If you live in Campbell River, BC, you might open your mail one day to find a greeting card and gift from an enthusiastic Operation Eyesight supporter… even if you don’t know him personally. For the past 30-plus years, Don McIver has celebrated local milestones by giving friends, strangers and organizations like Rotary and church… Continue Reading Thanks to you: Don McIver