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ECF active in Tanzania since 2006

Tanzania still needs to be developed in eye care as there are few ophthalmologists. Our collaboration started in 2006 by supporting the eye department of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) Hospital in Moshi.

How we work together in Tanzania

We continue this support and train first-year eye care students and staff in various medical specialisms. Initially, the KCMC was a private institution (a missionary hospital) in northern Tanzania. It is a tertiary hospital linked to the medical faculty of the Tumaini University. ECF has been running a NURU project in the Morogoro region for a few years. This project entails building three new eye clinics in the Malinyi, Ulanga, and Kilombero districts and supporting eye care in Ifakara.

Our partners in Tanzania

  • Ministry of Health
  • The President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG)
  • The Morogoro regional administrative office
  • Morogoro referral hospital
  • St. Francis referral hospital
  • Malinyi, Ulanga, Mlimba and Ifakara town Councils

Team

Daniël Wilbard Mashele
Project Coordinator

Contact details

This is where we also work

We have projects in the Himalayas, Southeast Azia, South America and Africa. We are always open to further international expansion.

Asia

South America

Donations make our work possible

Our activities for good eye care are possible through active funding. Eye Care Foundation runs entirely on donations, large and small. Donations make our work possible; without them, these regions have no opportunities for good eye care. We use our donations directly for all our activities.
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Our activities are completely clear

Our focus is on improving, preventing and curing. This is what we do:

  • Training local medical personnel and volunteers
  • Setting up field offices for general support and medical management
  • Building eye clinics at easy-to-reach locations
  • Donating medical eye care equipment
  • Financing cataract surgeries
  • Eye exams for elderly and schoolchildren
  • Prescribing eyeglasses

Together for better vision

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