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Philippines

Where We Work

SUMMARY 

More than two million people in the Philippines are living with visual impairment, and 62% of them have cataract.  

Most Filipinos with visual impairment live below the national poverty line and are concentrated in rural areas where eye care services are difficult to access.

The majority of the country’s 1,573 ophthalmologists work in private facilities in urban centers and several national and regional government hospitals, making eye treatment unaffordable and inaccessible to people who desperately need eye care.

The Foundation started work in the Philippines in 2014 by developing a sustainable community eye health program in Tarlac. 

Through public private partnerships, access to quality and equitable eye care was expanded to Surigao del Norte with focus on marginalised and hard-to-reach islands of the region. 

Today The Foundation is supporting the Department of Health (DOH) in building Community Eye Health Programs in four provinces.

The Philippines program is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).

 

GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 

The Foundation aims to provide Filipinos with a high quality, affordable and accessible eye care services.


Some of those achievements so far have included:

  • Health System Strengthening through the implementation of comprehensive and sustainable community eye health programs in six provinces. This has been achieved in partnership with the DOH, provincial governments and private health specialists.

  • Reaching the poor and marginalised people through equitable and inclusive efforts such as work with DSWD’s Family Development Sessions. 

  • The nation's poorest families have been included and we have worked with the National Commission for Indigenous People to reach Indigenous schools and communities. 

  • Successful school vision programs in partnership with The Department of Education in the six provinces. This has resulted in vision screening and provision of glasses to more than 400,000 children.


 

43 people in the Timbang family have cataract

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THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION ACHIEVED A LOT IN 2019: 

Helping people see:

  • 118,800 people screened
  • 1,036 eye operations and treatments performed including:
  • 325 cataract operations
  • 711 other sight saving or improving interventions 
  • 4,227 pairs of glasses distributed

4,666 people trained including:
  • 6 clinic support staff
  • 4,417 community health workers
  • 236 teachers
  • 48,542 community members educated in eye health


Equipment and Technology:

4 medical facilities equipped


 

 

Country Headquarters

Phone number with country code: +63-9-17709-6914

Office Address: Unit #09-128 Uptown Bonifacio Tower Three, 36th Street Corner 11th Ave, Taguig City, Philippines 1634

Country Manager: Dr Mavi Rondaris

Email:  [email protected]


 
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THIS has been your impact over the last year

In 2019, The Foundation focused on building a powerful eye health network with other partners and organisations to achieve more - this is having a massive impact!

The Fred Hollows Foundation hasn’t stopped for 28 years, and we won’t stop until no-one faces a future of avoidable blindness.

This year will be our toughest year yet, and now more than ever we will rely on our loyal donors to continue our life-changing work. Thank you for staying with us! Like what you see? Give us a like, share this video, and subscribe! Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/2b1oCXu