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news South Sudan

A Father’s Persistence Restores More Than Sight

For more than a year, George lived in complete darkness. At 75 years old, the father from Mayom County, South Sudan, faced a reality no parent should endure—unable to see...
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news Ethiopia Ghana

Research Shows High Quality Results at Outreaches & Hospital

Since our founding in 1995, Cure Blindness Project has been committed to bringing high-quality eye care at a low cost to those without access. Outreaches in remote areas increase access...
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news Nepal

Hand in Hand Toward Hope and Healing

For years, Dane and his wife, Jarma, have lived and worked together in the remote hills of Jumla, Nepal.
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news South Sudan

A Second Chance to See: Tap's Story of Survival and Sight

June is Cataract Awareness Month—a time to shine a light on one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide and the very condition that inspired Cure Blindness Project’s founding in...
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Transforming Lives Through Eye Care: Regina and Her Children
news Tanzania

Transforming Lives Through Eye Care: Regina and Her Children

Regina gave birth to four children, each of whom was also born with cataracts. As they grew older, their eyesight gradually deteriorated, leaving them with significant visual impairment. For years...
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news Bangladesh

It Was Like Getting My Life Back: Yunus’ Journey from Blur to Sight

Yunus Sarkar has spent most of his life farming in Banihara, Gaibandha district of Bangladesh. At 76, cataracts slowly began to change that life. The fields he knew so well...
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news South Sudan

Restoring Sight, Restoring Dignity — The Journey of Santo Garang

Santo Garang, a 46-year-old father of five from Aweil East County, South Sudan, spent more than a year living in total darkness. A dedicated military soldier and trainer stationed at...
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news Burundi

From Nearly Four Years of Darkness to the Return of Light

For almost four years, Mama Ngiriyabandi Prisca, an 89-year-old widow from Makamba Province, Burundi, lived in complete darkness. Her world had slowly closed around her — not only because of...
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news Ghana

Sight Gives Ghanaian Woman Back Her Life

In the heart of Ghana's Central Region, Ghanaian storyteller and photographer Francis Kokoroko captured a deeply moving account from Efua Daawa, a 71-year-old woman who recently underwent life-changing cataract surgery...
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