Happy new year! Throwback to 2017.

| By Mikhaila Molloy, Digital Communications Specialist
Categories: Blog, Communities, Community Health Worker, Donors, Eye Surgery, Eyeglasses, Ghana, Hospitals, India, Kenya, Nepal, Our Work, Prevention, Zambia
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Namey
Wow, it feels like 2017 just flew by. Can you believe it? Looking back, there’s a whole lot to celebrate when we add up what we achieved together last year. We would need to write an entire book to talk about every person you helped last year, and who knows? Maybe that will happen one… Continue Reading Happy new year! Throwback to 2017.

GivingTuesday 2017 was a great success, thanks to you!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: Blog, Donors, News, Other, Volunteers
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Strikes for Sight highlights
On November 28, just about a month ago today, we kicked off the holiday giving season with GivingTuesday! Following on the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, GivingTuesday is a special day dedicated to giving back around the world, and we’re proud to have made it an annual event for Operation Eyesight. To help… Continue Reading GivingTuesday 2017 was a great success, thanks to you!

Happy Holidays! Thank you for all your support.

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: Blog, Donors, Other, Uncategorized, Volunteers
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Thank you!
On behalf of all of us at Operation Eyesight (and I do mean all of us; our staff in Canada, India, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana and Nepal; our boards of directors in all those countries, and our wonderful Calgary volunteers), I’d like to extend a great big thank you for all your support over the past… Continue Reading Happy Holidays! Thank you for all your support.

GivingTuesday 2017 is here – and you can be a part of it!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: Blog, Communities, Donors, Eyeglasses, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Other, Zambia
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Deborah hugging her sister
Today is GivingTuesday! People all over the world are kicking off the holiday season by giving back! You can change lives today by helping us reach or surpass our GivingTuesday campaign goal: to raise $35,000 for our eyeglasses programs in Asia and Africa. Just click here to donate! Sadly, many people living in these countries suffer from “low vision.”… Continue Reading GivingTuesday 2017 is here – and you can be a part of it!

A pair of eyeglasses restores a girl’s future and independence!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Blog, Communities, Community Health Worker, Donors, Eyeglasses, Ghana, Other, Our Work
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Ruth and Dora
Ruth is an 11-year-old girl who lives with her family in a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ruth’s father moved to Ghana’s capital city of Accra in search of new opportunities, and now Ruth lives with her mother and her two siblings in a room rented in an apartment compound. Ruth’s mother Dora is… Continue Reading A pair of eyeglasses restores a girl’s future and independence!