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The Fred Hollows Foundation is delighted to announce Pakistan-based Australian social justice advocate Shaniera Akram has joined our global campaign to end avoidable blindness by signing up as an Ambassador.

Shaniera, who was born in Australia and is married to Pakistan cricket legend Wasim Akram, recently visited Chichawatni in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, to see patients undergo cataract surgery organised by The Foundation.

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Dubai’s number one radio DJ, Kris Fade from Virgin Radio Dubai, is usually interviewing celebrities and musicians for the enjoyment of his million and half radio fans. But when Kris travelled to Nepal to highlight the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation, he found himself staying in a Buddhist monastery, meeting with some of the most vulnerable in Nepal’s society and interviewing the legendary surgeon Dr Ruit.

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Blind with bilateral cataract, Shamsun could only hear as her husband was shot dead and five of her children were killed with machetes. One of the girls was raped before being murdered. Their bodies were burnt to destroy the evidence.

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Nine-year-old Eric was born with cataract, but living in a remote village in the hills of Rwanda meant accessing health care was nearly impossible.

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Every morning, six days a week, Fatima visits dozens of families in Hyderabad Sindh District, Pakistan. She goes door-to-door, helping women who are often unable to leave their homes without being escorted by a male relative.

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Dr Sanduk Ruit is many things. He’s a skilled ophthalmologist who can perform a cataract surgery in under five minutes, he’s a man with a vision, a humanitarian and a lifelong friend and partner of The Foundation.

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