Patient stories

Thanks to the support of our donors the Eye Care Foundation is able to help a great many people. The unique, personal stories of eye patients show how your donation can change their lives.

Give an eye doctor like Dr. Hong a contribution to his education

Due to the lack of ophthalmologists in low-income countries, patients often have to wait a long time for surgery that can change their lives. Those who need specialist eye care cannot always access a place...

Give a patient like Pham a cataract surgery

Pham has a cataract which causes constant accidents during cooking or walking. As a result of the cataract, Pham once fell from a narrow path into the rice field. He damaged his spleen and needed...

Give a schoolchild like Hahn an eye test and a pair of glasses

Hahn is one of the smartest kids in her class. Yet she has been getting low grades lately because of her bad eyesight. She cannot see what her teacher writes on the board, studying takes...

Bhama Kala’s wish came true after all!

When Bhama left the hospital to return home, I saw a sprightly lady. She was a completely different person than the one who arrived at the eye camp. I remember that moment perfectly.

Give Chey back what he had lost

In the waiting room of the hospital here in Zambia, a young woman sat with her head hanging down and her hands folded in her lap. Dezila (34) had cataracts in both eyes and was...

Dezila dares to dream again!

In the waiting room of the hospital here in Zambia, a young woman sat with her head hanging down and her hands folded in her lap. Dezila (34) had cataracts in both eyes and was...

Bhakta was perfectly healthy, but he was blind

If you could only have seen Bhakta (55) when he had to walk somewhere. Inching along, step by careful step while hanging on to his wife`s arm; unsure, dependent and isolated. Bhakta was perfectly healthy,...

Your support gives these people and their families a new start in life

I would like to share a story with you about an exceptional encounter I had with a cataract patient in Laos. A few months ago I was in Laos for Eye Care Foundation to counsel...

What gift could be greater than saving a family from a life of extreme poverty?

I am writing this today to tell you about families who were already poor to begin with, but who sank even deeper into poverty due to unnecessary blindness or impaired vision. This story takes place...