These are the men, women and children whose lives have changed thanks to your generous donations.
Peter Datjing’s paintings have been revered around the world. His artwork is a window into a culture that spans generations.
His father died soon after losing his sight and Reggie feared the same thing would happen to him before he could pass on his knowledge to the next generation.
The sisters grew up with stories of their dad, Fred, but had no memories of him for their own. Experience their trip to Nepal to see his work up close for the first time.
These twin boys were born blind from cataract, and without a sight saving operation, they could have been blind for life.
Fred’s old mate, a humanitarian and master surgeon who has performed more than 120,000 sight saving surgeries.
Before Sao went blind, she helped support her family by making grass bed mats. Sadly, Sao’s blindness now meant she couldn’t even walk anywhere by herself.
Trachoma is at crisis levels in Ethiopia and Shashetu, a twenty-five year old mother of two, was in desperate need of a sight saving operation.
Simila wants to become a doctor, but she often has to stay home from school to help her mother.
All Sudip had been able to see for the past seven years were shapes and shadows. So when he heard his blindness was treatable, Sudip and his young wife walked for two days to get the help he needed.
Thinles is a 30 year old woman who was blind and had no idea what was wrong with her. This is how we helped her.