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Eye screenings being completed for children in Antigua and Barbuda
news Bhutan Ethiopia Ghana India Nepal South Sudan Antigua and Barbuda

770,000 Eye Screenings & Expanding Access to Eye Care Around the World

This World Sight Day, Cure Blindness Project and its partners brought vision screenings, treatment, and eye health education to communities across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
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Never to Late to Learn
news Ethiopia

Never Too Late to Learn

Bekele is a Grade 7 student, a farmer, and a father of five. He lives in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia and attends a primary school through the government’s adult...
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Déli and her son
news Ivory Coast

Restoring Sight, Restoring a Family

Since 2020, Déli’s eyesight has gradually deteriorated. Painful, swollen, watery eyes eventually gave way to complete vision loss in her right eye, while her left eye could only make out...
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Restoring Sight, Renewing Hope: Asma’s Journey Back to School
news Ethiopia

Restoring Sight, Renewing Hope: Asma’s Journey Back to School

As children around the world prepare to head back to school, 10-year-old Asma in Ethiopia will join her friends after sight-restoring surgery at a Cure Blindness Project outreach.
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Samsung Donation Enhances Patient Care in Ghana
news Ghana

Samsung Donation Enhances Patient Care in Ghana

A donation of Samsung tablets expands a Primary Eye Care training program to ophthalmic nurses in rural Ghana.
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A Clearer Future for Shimul
news Bangladesh

A Clearer Future for Shimul

A new partnership brings sight-restoring care to schoolchildren in Bangladesh.
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Sight Restored for 12-Year-Old
news Ethiopia

Sight Restored for 12-Year-Old

Hayat is a 12-year-old girl who had been unable to see clearly with her right eye for more than three years. Because she also lives with Down Syndrome, she has...
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She Thought She'd Never See Again
news Ethiopia

She Thought She'd Never See Again

Letenkol, 82, had been living in darkness for a year. Her son Tesfay brought her to the outreach after hearing an announcement in their village of free eye care services...
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A Father’s Persistence Restores More Than Sight
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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