Tomorrow is World Water Day, and we’re overflowing with reasons to celebrate! Together, we’re saving sight and lives by providing clean water and eye health education to communities in Zambia! Last year, a valued donor and friend to Operation Eyesight initiated a “Washing Away Blindness” campaign to bring fresh, clean water to communities in Zambia.… Continue reading World Water Day: Washing away blindness in Zambia!
Category: Clean Water
This looks like a job for… “the water people”
What would you do if the only water tap in your house stopped working? If you knew how to fix it, you’d likely try to repair it yourself. If not, you’d probably call a plumber. But what if you had no knowledge of how to fix the tap yourself and you couldn’t afford the repair… Continue reading This looks like a job for… “the water people”
Saving little eyes for a brighter future
What if the only way you could access eye care was to travel by a dugout canoe through crocodile-infested waters? Trachoma is a bacterial eye infection and a leading cause of blindness in countries like Zambia. In the Sinazongwe district, about 300 km from the capital city of Lusaka, the prevalence of blinding trachoma is… Continue reading Saving little eyes for a brighter future
Our goal in Kenya: no more trachoma
When Operation Eyesight drilled our first well in Kenya in 2007, we were following the World Health Organization-endorsed SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Face-washing, Environmental change) strategy to eliminate painful, blinding trachoma. Thanks to our amazing donors, we’ve made great progress on that goal, so much that we’re now part of a plan to completely eradicate trachoma… Continue reading Our goal in Kenya: no more trachoma