What does ‘sheer enthusiasm’ look like?

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Clean Water, Our Work, Zambia
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Rob Ohlson, president of Calgary’s Maillot Custom Homes, has seen first-hand the devastation caused by avoidable blindness in India and Africa. Families facing poverty and starvation because a blind parent can’t work, children with no chance of education because they can’t see, and elderly people begging in the streets are all realities in too many… Continue Reading What does ‘sheer enthusiasm’ look like?

A caring dad can be a child’s best friend

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Hospitals, Kenya, Our Work
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Along with people in about 75 other countries around the world, Canadians celebrate Father’s Day in June. It’s an opportunity to honour the man who likely is – or was – a huge influence on your life. I wish everyone could have a supportive and caring father like mine. My dad gave the biggest and… Continue Reading A caring dad can be a child’s best friend

Don’t let the trolls get you!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Clean Water
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Brad Diggens, a passionate Operation Eyesight donor, and his daughter Jennifer, who just happens to be one of our talented Philanthropy Officers, were looking for a creative way to raise funds to drill wells in Africa. What did they come up with? A backpacking trek through the mystical country of Iceland. It will be a… Continue Reading Don’t let the trolls get you!

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 With her eyelids chronically swollen with fluid, 16-year old Mansah might have remained shy and withdrawn, if it weren’t for Ghana’s Watborg Eye Hospital.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