Please join our team today and restore sight every month
Imagine not seeing your children for 10 years. Or not knowing what you look like. Imagine not being able to work or go to school. Or how it must feel to be constantly afraid to go anywhere alone.
4 out of 5 people who are blind don't need to be. You can change this by becoming a monthly donor. All that stands in their way is a routine, 20 minute surgery that can cost as little as $25. But 90% of people who are blind live in poor countries. They simply cannot afford the surgery, or they don't know about it.
That's why Fred Hollows made it his life's work to ensure that everyone, no matter where they are, could access quality eyecare. You are the one who can keep Fred's vision alive. You are the difference between a lifetime of blindness, and a lifetime of opportunity.
All Eric wanted to do was go to school and kick a football with his brother. His mother did not know what was wrong her son, and there was no doctor to help them. Thanks to monthly donors like you, The Fred Hollows Foundation found Eric and Dr Ciku did the rest. This is his story.
Monthly donations are the most effective way to give. You are always in control of your donation and you decide how long you give for and how much. It’s a convenient and secure way many of our committed donors change lives everyday.
For just $25 a month you could provide sight saving surgery to someone like Eric every month. That’s 12 lives changed by you, every year.
Your $35 a month can help fund a mobile eye camp in the most remote areas. These camps can provide hundreds of surgeries in a day to people who can’t normally access these services.
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Clementine was just one of those people facing this scenario: she was desperate to help her son, but the village where they live is hours from the nearest hospital. Travelling is really not an option for people in her situation.
Without outreach programs like the ones run by The Fred Hollows Foundation, finding help would have been very difficult. But a community health worker visited the area where Eric lives, and contacted Dr Ciku Mathenge, a leading eye surgeon who has restored sight to thousands of people
Your $45 a month could help train an eye surgeon – one eye surgeon can perform up to 1,000 surgeries a year. We are planning on training 67 surgeons this year but we can’t do it without people like you.
Dr Ciku is someone you would trust to do the most important thing: operate on your child. Eric’s mum trusted her when everyone else told her there was no hope for her son. As the first female ophthalmologist to be trained by The Foundation in Kenya, Dr Ciku has performed eye surgery on the most vulnerable children. She is a testament to Fred Hollows’ legacy and the support of everyday Australians like you.