Kenya: Blind since birth, the fact that Kipar is still alive is a credit to his family’s care. Blindness can be a death sentence in a country where no one can afford to be unproductive.
Kipar: Sight is life

  • Mega eye camp restores sight to over 1000 people

    The Fred Hollows Foundation has restored sight to a near record number of patients during a mega eye camp in remote Nepal. Working with its partner in Nepal, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, over 1000 patients had their sight restored in just 5 days.

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  • Jess McNamee with patient Pham Thi Thong on a recent visit to Vietnam.
    Jess McNamee joins Fred's Foundation

    Australian actress, Jessica McNamee, has officially joined The Fred Hollows Foundation as an Ambassador following a visit to Vietnam where she witnessed sight being restored to the blind.

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  • Amena and her grandson Raju have benefited from The Foundation’s eye health program in Bangladesh. Photo: Hugh Rutherford
    Eye camp restores sight to 521 in Bangladesh

    The Foundation has restored sight to 521 people during a recent outreach microsurgical eye camp held in Satkhira district, Bangladesh.

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Professor Fred Hollows examining the eye of seven year old Tran Van Giap at the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) in Hanoi (Vietnam) in 1992. Photo courtesy of www.michaelamendolia.com.
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