According to the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness, an estimated 225,000 people are needlessly blind from cataracts in South Africa.

In the Eastern Cape Province, the poorest province in South Africa, an estimated 30,000 people are cataract blind. The majority of these people have no access to eye care services.

The Fred Hollows Foundation has been working in South Africa since 1999 and The Fred Hollows Foundation South Africa was incorporated in January 2001.

In November 2001 The Fred Hollows Foundation South Africa signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with the Eastern Cape Department of Health, establishing the Eastern Cape Blindness Prevention Program.

The program's objective is to restore sight to the tens of thousands of South Africans who remain distant and isolated because they are cataract blind.

> Find out more about the program.

The Fred Hollows Foundation South Africa
Address: 16 Gloucester Street, Vincent, East London 5247
Postal Address: Postnet 327, Private Bag X9063
East London 5200, South Africa
Phone: + 27 4372 60292 or + 27 4372 60294
Fax: + 27 4372 63003
Email: fhfsa@hollows.co.za

The Foundation is a not for profit organisation, registered as a Section 21 Company (Company Registration No. 2001/000221/08 and NPO Registration No. 012-296)