India’s northeastern gateway to eye health

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Communities, India, Our Work
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Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital, located in North Bengal, India, is an advanced secondary level eye hospital run by the Lions Club of Siliguri Greater. Operation Eyesight has been a key supporter of the hospital since its founding in 1981. The hospital started in a modest fashion, offering only basic patient care services. Operation Eyesight… Continue Reading India’s northeastern gateway to eye health

The facts of life DON’T have to include blindness

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, Ghana, Our Work
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Aging is a fact of life. Hair greys, limbs stiffen, skin wrinkles. We don’t like it, but we generally accept it. But you may be surprised to learn: your fate does not necessarily have to include blindness due to cataract! Let me tell you about Papa Kojo, an 82-year old farmer who has lived almost… Continue Reading The facts of life DON’T have to include blindness

‘The work you do just could not be more important’

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Our Work
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Operation Eyesight isn’t the only organization working to end avoidable blindness. There is a community of eye care organizations who share our goal of a world without avoidable blindness. These organizations are our friends, partners and allies in the prevention of blindness, and being recognized by them is a great reflection on the work that… Continue Reading ‘The work you do just could not be more important’

A ‘little anchor’ named Smiley

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Eye Surgery, India, Our Work
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Kashinath, recently appointed as our Senior Director of International Programs, was told this heartwarming story by Dr. Santosh Moses, Country Manager, India. Never did Bonny Gideon and his wife Nagamani imagine that their future would be dependent upon the tiny hands that they held to teach baby steps. The couple live in the village of Pangidigudem,… Continue Reading A ‘little anchor’ named Smiley

That’s what friends are for…

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, Ghana, Our Work
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What if you were destitute, blind and alone in a foreign country where no one spoke your language? How would you survive? This is the story of two friends, Alhaji and Diallo, and how their lives changed for the better, thanks to Operation Eyesight’s generous donors. Alhaji had cataracts a few years ago, and fortunately,… Continue Reading That’s what friends are for…