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Many of us turn away from injustice because we feel helpless. It’s too hard to fix, shameful, it’s beyond what we know – so we wait for someone else to step in. Not Fred though. When he saw something that he believed was wrong, he couldn’t help but act. This is exactly what ...

“In East Africa, life for the blind is paralysing. Many women are too poor to afford the bus fare to the clinic or hospital, or for a family member to stop work for a week to take them there.”   Dr Ciku (Wanjiku) Mathenge is a highly -trained senior ophthalmologist wh...

Australia Day may inspire beach days and BBQs, but it’s also one of the few days of the year where we reflect on what makes our country great.   A key part of this reflection is the  Australian of the Year awards – a 50-year-old forum for recognising a role model from o...

 Kris Rallah-Baker breaks down barriers in eye health   When Fred Hollows passed away, Yuggera and Biri-Gubba-Juru/Yuggera man Kris Rallah-Baker was just 13 years old, yet he was well on his way to becoming Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist. He’d been i...

Brian has been the CEO of The Fred Hollows Foundation since 2005. He has been the driving force behind our highly successful work in preventing avoidable blindness, both within Indigenous communities and around the world. Brian is passionate about building partnerships an...