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For years, Dane and his wife, Jarma, have lived and worked together in the remote hills of Jumla, Nepal.
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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A Second Chance to See: Tap's Story of Survival and Sight
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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Yunus receiving an eye exam
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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Santo Garang
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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Woman in Burundi smiles joyfully after sight restoring surgery
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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Sight Gives Ghanaian Woman Back Her Life
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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A Vision Restored: Million’s Journey from Fear to Hope
news Ethiopia

A Vision Restored: Million’s Journey from Fear to Hope

In the small town of Shiraro, Tigray, 29-year-old Million faced a future clouded by fear. For four years, blindness in her right eye had dimmed her daily life, threatening her...
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Three joyful siblings in South Sudan
news South Sudan

“How Could I Not?”: Photographer Chris Hildreth Returns to South Sudan with Cure Blindness Project

When friends and family ask photographer Chris Hildreth how he can repeatedly travel to war-torn South Sudan to document the work of Cure Blindness Project, his response is simple and...
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