Your support helps children see!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, Kenya, Uncategorized
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Look at the eyes of this beautiful baby! This is little Darrel. Just over 18 months old, he lives with his family in a low income community outside Nairobi, Kenya. When Darrel was nine months old, his mother Beatrice noticed a problem with her baby’s eyes. They were always filled with tears and looked sore… Continue Reading Your support helps children see!

Give the gift that gives twice

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eyeglasses, Kenya, Uncategorized
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Isn’t it great to be around children as the holiday season approaches? I just love watching my grandkids’ eyes light up as they make their lists (and check them more than twice!), dreaming of brightly decorated trees and candy canes. Their excitement is contagious! But I know there are countless children who don’t wish for… Continue Reading Give the gift that gives twice

GivingTuesday 2014: Six-month progress report

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
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Last December, Operation Eyesight participated in GivingTuesday – the global day of giving – for the first time. Thanks to support from our incredible donors, we raised enough funds on GivingTuesday to set five villages in West Bengal, India free of avoidable blindness! Through our Hospital-Based Community Eye Health Program in partnership with Siliguri Greater… Continue Reading GivingTuesday 2014: Six-month progress report

School screening in rural Kenya – using a mobile phone!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
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Last spring, we told you how Operation Eyesight helped fund an exciting technological development that will revolutionize eye examination: a smartphone application called Portable Eye Examination Kit (PEEK). Now being tested in rural schools in Kenya, the school-based PEEK pilot project is helping build capacity of teachers to monitor and evaluate the visual acuity of… Continue Reading School screening in rural Kenya – using a mobile phone!