World Sight Day around the world
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The Eye Care Foundation organized special World Sight Day activities in all its project countries. Have a look at how this special day is celebrated around the world.
Picture: Woman getting her eyes checked in a remote area in Nepal
Picture: Patients waiting for cataract surgery in Laos
Picture: Free eyescreening and raising awareness in The Netherlands
World Sight Day is almost here
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. World Sight Day 2018 will take place on October 11th 2018. The theme of WSD 2018 is Eye Care Everywhere.
The Eye Care Foundation will have special World Sight Day activities in all its project countries. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to stay updated.
Dezila dares to dream again!
Dezila was unable to look after her family. She has a young daughter and would love to have another child. She was no longer able to work their small plot of land where they grow maize. Everything fell to her husband Charles. But he also had to catch and sell fish every day.When the eye team arrived in Dezila`s remote village, they saw how the family lives. They have a small hut. There is a small room where they sleep and a living room of sorts that contains a few buckets, baskets and pans and nothing else.
It was immediately obvious that Dezila had cataracts in both eyes. When she was told...