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news Ghana

A Turning Point for Sight: Ghana’s Journey Toward Corneal Transplants

On October 18, 2025, a milestone moment unfolded at Kotoka International Airport as Dr. Bothun and his team from Mayo Clinic, in partnership with Cure Blindness Project, delivered 26 cornea tissues to Ghana.
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news Nepal

Bringing Light Back into Kausila’s Life

For a long time, life had been slowly slipping out of focus for 62-year-old Kausila Devi Yadav. Living in Ishworpur Municipality, she tried to hide how difficult things had become...
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news India

When the World Turned Bright Again: The Story of Prem Tamang

Sulkapara is a small, quiet village in the hills of West Bengal, India. Life there moves gently; people rise with the sun, tend to their fields, and gather in the...
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news Ghana

A Caregiver’s Journey: A Sister’s Love Restores Her Brother’s Sight

Three years ago, Patience Davor’s life changed forever when she received a heart-wrenching call from her brother, Paul, in the middle of the night.
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Three Years in Darkness—Now, They See Again
news Ethiopia

Three Years in Darkness—Now, They See Again

For three long years, 88-year-old Yesuf Ahimed and his wife, 58-year-old Amsyan Amateban, lived in complete darkness due to cataracts. In the remote district of Babile, Ethiopia, even simple tasks...
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Tanga's Story: From Darkness to Hope
news Ethiopia

Tanga's Story: From Darkness to Hope

Tanga Tabe, a 60-year-old farmer and traditional cloth worker near Arba Minch in Ethiopia, faced a devastating reality: blindness. Three years ago, his right eye lost its sight. A year...
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news Bangladesh

A Miracle of Sight: Aheza Begum’s Story

“I couldn’t even recognize my husband’s face. I would cry and pray, ‘Will I be blind forever?’”
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This 35-year-old mother in South Sudan was abandoned by her husband after she became blind.
news South Sudan

A Blind Mother Raising Her Kids Alone

Abandoned by her husband and working through the grief of losing a child, Mary, 35, from South Sudan, faced the daunting task of raising her three remaining children as a...
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Strabismus: A Curable Condition
news Ethiopia

Strabismus: A Curable Condition

Five-year-old Heran Tsega sits on her mother’s lap as a doctor examines her. Her bright, curious eyes wander and struggle to focus, leading doctors to diagnose her with strabismus. Heran...
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