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Shining a Light on Cataracts: Restoring Vision, Transforming Lives

Imagine watching your life go by through frosted glass. Colors would be dulled, objects blurred, and subtle facial expressions lost to the fog clouding your lenses.
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Patient Story: Medeset Misgana

This story highlights the collaboration between HCP Cureblindness and Woldia General Hospital in Ethiopia. Residents of Woldia face significant challenges such as poverty, limited economic opportunities, and lack of access...
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Somaliland

Field Notes: Somaliland

In March, HCP Cureblindness joined local and international teams to conduct a high-volume cataract surgical outreach at Hargeisa General Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The need for quality eye care in...
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Patience is a Virtue: Oakland Athletics’ Tony Kemp Joins the Cause to Prevent Curable Blindness

Last March, Oakland Athletics second baseman and outfielder Tony Kemp announced his commitment to support HCP Cureblindness throughout the 2023 Major League Baseball Season. To thank him for his contribution...
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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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Meet Felicia
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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