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Thanks to you!

June 22, 2012

| By Pat Ferguson, former President and CEO

Categories: News, Our Work

| Tags: Africa, AGM, awareness, community development, donors, eye health education, India, Kenya, Little Flower Hospital, Ongata Naado, Report to Donors, thank you

As we looked back on the 2011 year during our annual general meeting this past week, I was filled with immense gratitude for our donors. All of the work we do – every single project we undertake and every single person whose life is changed – is thanks to your kind generosity. Because of you,… Continue Reading Thanks to you!

A Dad is…

June 15, 2012

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director

Categories: News, Our Work

| Tags: Africa, celebration giving, children, dad, eCard, family, father, Father's Day, fathers, grandfather, grandpa, India, men

A dad is respected because he gives his children leadership. A dad is appreciated because he gives his children care. A dad is valued because he gives his children time. A dad is loved because he gives his children the one thing they treasure most: himself. ~ Author unknown With Father’s Day only two days… Continue Reading A Dad is…

We must see through their eyes (Part 2 of 2)

June 8, 2012

| By Lynda Cherry, former Vice-President of International Programs

Categories: Communities, Eye Surgery, India

| Tags: blind, blindness, cataract surgery, cataracts, community, community development, community eye care, community health workers, hospital-based community eye health, India, quality, service, sustainability

On May 25, I wrote about why quality is so important to Operation Eyesight. In case you’re wondering why I’m writing about this now, it’s because too many people are afraid to get the help they need. For years now, we’ve known that next to cataracts, the second leading cause of avoidable blindness in developing… Continue Reading We must see through their eyes (Part 2 of 2)

Children with disabilities are often forgotten

June 1, 2012

| By Lorie Gibson, former Vice-President of International Programs

Categories: Communities, India

| Tags: artificial eye, child, childhood blindness, children, community eye care, community health workers, community workers, disability, eye injuries, India, low income, LV Prasad Eye Institute, ocular prosthesis, parents, poverty

I once met a little boy with one eye. Last year while in India, I visited the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India. This world-class centre for vision care works closely with Operation Eyesight. I was touring the facility, marvelling at all the different departments. LVP handles just about every kind of eye problem… Continue Reading Children with disabilities are often forgotten

We must see through their eyes (Part 1 of 2)

May 25, 2012

| By Lynda Cherry, former Vice-President of International Programs

Categories: Eye Surgery, Our Work

| Tags: avoidable blindness, cataract, cataract surgery, equipment, hospital partners, hospitals, India, low income, poverty, quality, training, WHO

Have you ever wondered why Operation Eyesight is so big on quality? It’s a fair question. Why insist on high international standards for poor people? Isn’t just about anything better than what they have? To answer that, picture a tribal woman in a remote part of India, who is going blind from cataracts. She’s a… Continue Reading We must see through their eyes (Part 1 of 2)

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