Losing someone or something you love can be very painful. After a significant loss, people often experience many difficult and overwhelming emotions: hopelessness, fear, anger, frustration, self-doubt, sadness. Jaa Katuta experienced all this and more. Jaa lives in a grass-thatched house near Mwinilugna, a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia. He has lived there… Continue reading Restoring sight and hope
Category: Eye Surgery
Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!
Since we started working in India in 1963, Operation Eyesight has made great strides in that country. Our program models have been endorsed by Vision 2020 India, and other organizations look to us as leaders in the eye health community. Our India projects are growing by leaps and bounds, and serving many levels of eye… Continue reading Announcing: The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer!
A safer and more promising future
How would you to like to work with corrosive chemicals if your vision was impaired? Like Janet Williams, some people make their living that way. Janet lives in the town of Weija, Ghana, and worked at Pambros Salt Mine, the largest salt producer in western Africa. Two years ago, she started experiencing blurred vision, causing… Continue reading A safer and more promising future
Going ‘above and beyond’ to help restore sight
I recently had the pleasure of talking to Peter and Yvette, two longtime Canadian donors who approached Operation Eyesight seeking help for Peter’s childhood friend living in India. While it’s not an everyday occurrence, we went out of our way to arrange eye care for her. This is Peter’s story about Josephine… “Sometimes, people go… Continue reading Going ‘above and beyond’ to help restore sight