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Ending blindness in the Pacific in sight

Dr Phetsamone Indira says everything with a beaming smile. “I can do that!”

'Long John' Dewar is the resident artist at Nitmuluk (Katherine) Gorge. But having already lost the use of his right eye, Long John was faced with a daunting reality: the loss of vision in his left.

The Fred Hollows Foundation has welcomed changes to the Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill and the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill, which passed the Senate last night.

The Fred Hollows Foundation is bringing global attention to the emerging crisis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) through leading the Global DR Advocacy Initiative – a group of world leading diabetes and eye health experts including the World Health Organisation.

Ralph Dingul is a jack-of-all-trades. The 59-year-old from Roper River, Northern Territory, has had a varied career working as a boxer, a builder, and a court interpreter.

In a garment factory in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, 23-year-old Mossamut Shopna Begum is complaining of headaches, watery eyes and blurred vision.

The Foundation has made waves on the surfing island of Siargao, southern Philippines. Local residents – from fisher-folk to surfers and older people – had their eyes checked at four eye screenings that were held across the island.

For Juliet Gileema, an ophthalmic nurse in Kenya’s Busia County, eye health is about more than just restoring people’s sight – it is about restoring their livelihood and dignity.

The Fred Hollows Foundation is joining forces with one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks, Eureka Tower, to invite people to ‘step up for sight’ by taking on the 11th annual Eureka Stair Climb.