Sustainable community eye health care in Nepal

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, Hospitals, Nepal, Other
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Older man in basket carried by younger man
Operation Eyesight’s work in Nepal goes back to 1973, when we established the Nepal Eye Hospital, the first full-fledged eye hospital in the country. We also played an instrumental role in establishing and/or renovating five other eye hospitals in Nepal, before withdrawing from the country to focus our blindness prevention programs elsewhere. In 2016, after… Continue Reading Sustainable community eye health care in Nepal

Community health worker strives to help every patient (Part 2 of 2)

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Communities, India, Prevention
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Last week, we introduced you to Sarashwati, a community health worker who had made it her mission to help ever single patient in Kawalwadi, a small village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This week, the story continues, courtesy of Dr. Harish Kumar, our programme manager in India. Sarashwati had polio as a child, leaving… Continue Reading Community health worker strives to help every patient (Part 2 of 2)

Community health worker strives to help every patient (Part 1 of 2)

| By Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, Global Director, Programmes
Categories: Blog, Communities, India, Our Work
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Dr. Harish Kumar, our programme manager in India, shared this inspiring story with us. Thank you, Harish! At Operation Eyesight, we value the big-picture perspective, but we also like to keep one foot planted firmly at the ground level. So while we’re busy organizing, planning, training and monitoring, we recognize that it’s the field staff… Continue Reading Community health worker strives to help every patient (Part 1 of 2)

Three lives forever changed!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, India, Our Work
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Four years ago, an Indian woman named Arti, then 22 years old, was living a blissful life. She and her husband spent their days farming and looking after their beautiful daughter (who would eventually become a big sister). Life was good – until, one day, things took a dramatic turn for the worse. During a… Continue Reading Three lives forever changed!

Back to work and back to school!

| By Lynda Cherry, former Vice-President of International Programs
Categories: Communities, India
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Sachin is a 59-year-old farmer and traditional healer who lives with his family in the village of Bhutini Para in the Rajganj Block of West Bengal. As the chief breadwinner, he was very concerned when he began to lose his vision. It got so bad that he could no longer farm or deliver herbal medicines… Continue Reading Back to work and back to school!