Since our work in South Sudan began in 2011, Cure Blindness Project has completed more than 9,800 sight-restoring surgeries together with our partners, and we have hosted 19 surgical outreaches to treat cataracts and trachomatous trichiasis.
Cure Blindness Project surgical outreaches present opportunities to transfer skills to in-country medical staff and increase in-country capacity to treat those in need of eye care.
After years of conflict with only a handful of eye care professionals serving a population of nearly 11 million people, most South Sudanese lack adequate access to eye care.
Most recently, Cure Blindness Project traveled to South Sudan in December 2023 with surgical outreaches in Aweil and Akon. In total, Cure Blindness Project performed 1,828 sight-restoring cataract surgeries.
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Founded in 1995, Cure Blindness Project today provides critical eye care services, training for ophthalmic professionals and enhanced eye care infrastructure where they are needed most. Cure Blindness Project works in 30 countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and South America.
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After years of conflict and with only a small handful of eye care professionals serving a population of nearly 11 million people, most South Sudanese lack adequate access to eye care.
Dr. Lloyd Williams, one of Cure Blindness Project’s Volunteer Ophthalmologists, is dedicated to restoring eyesight even in some of the world’s most dangerous and remote areas.
Cure Blindness Project is working with our partners to reduce avoidable blindness in South Sudan as well as develop partnerships that strengthen the country’s national eye care system.
“My life’s mission, I would say, is to cure all the blindness in Africa,” Dr. Lloyd Williams shared.
Cure Blindness Project's extremely efficient surgical outreaches present opportunities to transfer skills to in-country medical staff and increase in-country capacity to treat those in need of eye care.
Duk County in South Sudan - Documentary Trailer
Curing blindness may someday bring peace.
Cure Blindness Project has a long history in South Sudan. This documentary presented by Marmot stars Cure Blindness Project Co-Founder Dr. Geoff Tabin and features Dr. Lloyd Williams and many Cure Blindness Project volunteer ophthalmologists.
Marmot Presents: DUK COUNTY | Starring Dr. Geoff Tabin, John Dau and Dr. Alan Crandall | Narrated by Jordan Campbell | Featuring Dr. Roger Furlong, Dr. Lloyd Williams, Dr. David Reed, Julie Crandall, Ace Kvale and Michelle Bar-Evan | Directed by Jordan Campbell | Edited by Michael Herbener | In Association with North by Northwest Productions and Marmot Mountain, LLC | Produced by Jordan Campbell and Michael Herbener
I believe this is probably the best you can do to humankind. It's so cost-effective and it gives so much, so much power, so much change in the life of people.
— Dr. Sanduk Ruit, Co-Founder
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