Gift Cards

This gift will help us reach people with cataract before it’s too late, just like Shoua and her little brother Blong who were both born with cataract. Following their successful surgery they can now go to school and have hope for a better future.

Seven-year-old Giap was examined by Fred in Hanoi in 1992. After sight saving surgery, he went on to be the first in his family to attend university. This is the impact a gift like this has on the lives of people just like Giap.

This gift will help restore sight to someone like little Shanice, who hadn't been able to see her mother clearly until cataract surgery restored her sight. This is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

This gift will help restore sight to someone like nine-year-old Eric, who was found in a remote district of Rwanda. He had been blind for a long time but following his successful surgery his life has been transformed.

After Nabiritha’s successful operation, she and her mother Emily were overjoyed! This gift will help restore sight to others living with avoidable blindness.

Following in Fred’s footsteps, our Indigenous Australia Program is determined to close the gap on Indigenous health. This gift will help us to continue working with our partners to provide culturally appropriate services for people in remote and underserviced areas in Australia.  

Fred got things done. He always pushed for change and, because of that, put in motion a legacy to end avoidable blindness. Fred showed us that sight can be restored for as little as $25 in some countries, and this card represents that.

Cesaria’s chances of surviving until her fifth birthday would have been slim. Thankfully, The Foundation got to her in time and Cesaria has been transformed in to a joyful little girl.

This gift card will help restore sight to up to two people living with avoidable blindness, just like 7-month-old identical twins Samlan and Sintham from Laos. Born with cataract, without surgery they would have been blind for life. Thanks to Dr Phetsamone, who was trained by The Foundation, the boys’ sight-restoring operations were a success.

Help restore the sight of those living with avoidable blindness. It could be someone like Reggie Uluru, an Aboriginal elder who needs his sight to help preserve important Indigenous culture.

This gift card will help restore sight to someone like Thol who was blind from cataract. When Thol could see again after her successful surgery the smiling faces of her beautiful children beamed back at her and she saw her baby Cheet for the first time.

This gift can provide a life-changing surgical kit to an under-resourced eye surgeon. Not only is it vital equipment, but it will go on to help save the eyesight of thousands of people.

Trachoma is a painful inflammation of the eye – without treatment, it can lead to blindness. However, this gift could make all the difference and save the sight of up to two people who need urgent surgery.

Fred Hollows worked tirelessly to help developing countries produce their own affordable IOLs (Intraocular Lens), a thin plastic lens used in cataract surgery to replace the cloudy, natural lens. This gift could go towards helping people who need these IOLs.

Fred first met and trained Dr Sanduk Ruit in the 1980s and they became best friends. Continuing Fred's work to end avoidable blindness and give hope to some of the most disadvantaged people in the world, Dr Ruit has gone on to restore sight to over 120,000 people.

Fred firmly believed in training and empowering local communities. Continuing Fred’s vision, building local skills and public health capacity to end avoidable blindness will always be at the heart of The Foundation’s work. This gift card will help restore sight to up to six people living with avoidable blindness.