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Tony Kemp Commits to Support HCP Cureblindness Throughout 2023 MLB Season

The Oakland A’s star will donate $100 for every walk he records this season
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Ghana

Health is Wealth: Paving the Way to Cure Cornea Blindness & Build Resilience in Ghana

On Thursday, March 2nd, HCP Cureblindness hosted the first Cornea Transplant Summit in Ghana to address corneal blindness in collaboration with the Ophthalmological Society of Ghana. Governmental leaders, as well...
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Ethiopia

Sight Restored to 1570 Patients in War-Torn Tigray

HCP is the first and only eye care NGO to enter the Tigray region since war broke out two years ago. After much-needed equipment repairs and restocking medical supplies, we...
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HCP Cureblindness Acquires SightLife International to Make a Greater Global Impact in Eye Care

Combining Expertise and Regions Served Allows the Organization to Reach More People Than Ever Before
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Ghana

How 15 minutes changed 12-year old Felicia's life

Felicia Mensah took her first steps at only nine months old. By age 10, her world was blurry around the edges. Nevertheless, Felicia dreamed of becoming a nurse, and then...
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Nepal

Providing eye care to Nepal’s most remote communities

You’ve seen breathtaking vistas of the Himalayas or snapshots of Everest’s imposing slopes in one documentary or another. Imagine, then, the cruel irony of being surrounded by such beauty, yet...
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HCP Cureblindness Launches the Virtual Classroom to Eliminate Gaps in Ophthalmology Residency Education

Since 1994, HCP has directly supported the training of over 18,000 ophthalmic personnel from 19 countries, either onsite at their home institutions, or at one of our partner training facilities.
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Ghana

2022 Year in Review

Thank you to all of our supporters, friends and partners who made 2022 a successful year in global eye care.
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South Sudan

Training and partnership development in South Sudan

After years of civil war and with only a small handful of eye care professionals serving a population of nearly 13 million people, most South Sudanese lack adequate access to...
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