Imagine eyelashes scratching like a metal brush

Categories: Eye Surgery, Kenya

Trachoma is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. I have seen people suffering from it in developing countries like Kenya and Zambia, where it is the most common and widespread eye health issue. An agonizing disease borne of a lack of clean water and poor sanitation, trachoma causes permanent blindness if left untreated. The… Continue Reading Imagine eyelashes scratching like a metal brush

Ongata Naado – a village transformed (Part 1 of 2)

Categories: Clean Water, Kenya
Water is a powerful force. In rivers, it pushes huge generator turbines. In the ocean, it covers most of the earth. From the ground, it changes people’s lives in ways I never would have imagined unless I had seen it with my own eyes. In Kenya, Operation Eyesight has been fighting the terrible trachoma infection… Continue Reading Ongata Naado – a village transformed (Part 1 of 2)