Month: January 2016

Cleaning onions is mainly done by women. The women wear no masks or glasses because they say they can work faster without and earn more. This is important because they are paid per kilo of cleaned... Read moreBlinded by onions

Mr Ram (74) is a war veteran. He lost his right eye as well as two fingers fighting the Americans. His left eye developed a cataract and was operated on at a free eye camp. He rode his bike all ... Read more“This eye? The Americans operated on it for me. “

Mr. Nong Van Nguyen is a civil servant. When he fell ill and developed cataracts on top of that, he went blind and was unable to perform his duties as a civil servant. He did not know that hi... Read moreBack to work

Mr. and Mrs. Tran (82 and 85 years old respectively) both underwent cataract surgery eleven years ago. The operations were performed by our former medical adviser Houdijn Brook House. This year t... Read moreStill happy

Bui Thu Hien, a student in Hai Duong Province, South Vietnam, has severe amblyopia (a lazy eye). Luckily she received a study aid from the Eye Care Foundation to help with reading. This made it po... Read moreWorking with a study aid

Kim Thi Quone is a 68-year-old woman. She was blind in both eyes for five years until she underwent cataract surgery on her right eye a few years ago. Ype Henry, the ophthalmologist at the VU Un... Read moreBlind for five years and now able to see again.

Mr. and Mrs. Hung sell lottery tickets to passersby in the streets. They came for an eye exam because their vision was getting progressively worse. “I could barely read the numbers on the l... Read moreNow they are able to read what they are selling

Twelve-year-old Anh Tai (third from the right in the photograph) has not been to school for the last three years. He could see next to nothing, let alone read. Even his mother thought he was bli... Read moreA ceremony where glasses are given to underprivileged children in Thoi Binh