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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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Ethiopia

Vision is Power: Restoring Vision for Over 1,500 Patients in Ethiopia

Last month, HCP’s Ethiopian team helped local providers perform over 1,500 sight-restoring cataract surgeries at Boru Meda Hospital over the course of five days. Two of the patients speak to...
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Ghana

Profile: Dr. Boateng Wiafe

Dr. Boateng Wiafe, a senior Ghanaian ophthalmologist, has helped advise HCP since 2012 on reducing rates of unnecessary blindness in Ghana. Dr. Wiafe completed his medical and ophthalmology training in...
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Restore Sight x 2 - Your Gift DOUBLED Today!

Giving Tuesday is November 29th, but you can change someone’s life today!
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Ethiopia

Short film highlights impact of sight restoration

In Bisidimo, Ethiopia earlier this year, HCP Cureblindness' Ethiopian team helped local partners provide hundreds of people with sight-restoring cataract surgeries. Patients describe their journeys of living in darkness and...
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