Updates from our country manager, Anup Zimba May 25, 2020 Our total impact to date as of May 25th, 2020 8 067 hygiene kits have been distributed to vulnerable and marginalized families. 39 080 individuals have been reached through health education. 91 community health workers have been trained on COVID-19 detection and prevention measures. May… Continue reading India: Our work during COVID-19
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World Sight Day: Time for us all to take action in the global effort to eliminate avoidable blindness
The burden of vision impairment weighs more heavily on low- and middle-income countries, and the global demand for eye care is set to surge in the coming years. We all have a role to play in making eye health a priority, both for ourselves here in Canada and for those around the world who are… Continue reading World Sight Day: Time for us all to take action in the global effort to eliminate avoidable blindness
You’re helping people like Premabai
Premabai is 65 and lives in a small house in Kurawar, a village in Madhya Pradesh, India. She lives with eight other members of her family – her two married daughters, their husbands and their children. The family runs a small barber shop. Premabai helps at home by caring for her grandchildren while her children… Continue reading You’re helping people like Premabai
Three generations of support
Operation Eyesight has become tradition for the Hatfield family. Sylvia Hatfield and her husband, Reverend Donald, first heard about Operation Eyesight from Donald’s mother, Mabel. “Mabel heard Art Jenkyns (founder of Operation Eyesight) speak just as he was getting started,” says Sylvia. “She told us she was supporting Art’s work to bring sight to the… Continue reading Three generations of support