This year, we’ve been celebrating 50 years since Operation Eyesight was founded, and we have received a number of letters from the administrators and doctors of our hospital partners, who see the impact our donors are having. These letters speak to our work, but they also recognize the heartfelt generosity of our donors. Here are… Continue reading Kind words from our hospital partners
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A caring dad can be a child’s best friend
Along with people in about 75 other countries around the world, Canadians celebrate Father’s Day in June. It’s an opportunity to honour the man who likely is – or was – a huge influence on your life. I wish everyone could have a supportive and caring father like mine. My dad gave the biggest and… Continue reading A caring dad can be a child’s best friend
Frontline workers reach remote patients in Africa (Part 2 of 2)
Last week, I told you how many African countries are training frontline workers, including public health care staff, schoolteachers, midwives and traditional healers, to identify eye problems and other health concerns when they are working in the community. This type of community development program is highly effective in identifying health risks. When I was at… Continue reading Frontline workers reach remote patients in Africa (Part 2 of 2)
A teacher learns that clear vision is possible again
I met Sister Cecilia Chematia last year at Kenya’s Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in the small city of Eldoret. (Read more about my visit to the hospital here.) Operation Eyesight and its donors have supported the hospital’s eye unit since 2005. A 74-year old Roman Catholic nun from the Kaiboi convent, 50 km outside… Continue reading A teacher learns that clear vision is possible again