Of the more than 36 million people worldwide suffering from unnecessary blindness, almost half are due to cataract – which can be surgically treated.
We aspire to cure the mountain of global blindness, one patient at a time.
The Himalayan Cataract Project works to cure needless blindness with the highest quality care at the lowest cost.
News, stories, and updates from the field.
Ethiopian Pediatric Ophthalmology Sub-specialist Completes First Leg of Fellowship
Jun 30, 2017
“What moved us was the tremendous impact that the surgery has on the lives of the patients and their families.”
Jun 20, 2017
Dorcas is a 16 year-old girl from Awaso in the Western Region of Ghana, who had to drop out of school because she was being ridiculed for having a “bad” eye.
Mar 27, 2017
“The reason I am always smiling is that every day when I get up and can see, I tend to smile the whole day. People notice that and I tell...
Mar 22, 2017
For more than a decade, USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID/ASHA) has been one of the Himalayan Cataract Project’s most important and reliable funding partners...
Mar 09, 2017
For the third consecutive year, the Healthy Vision Association has chosen to sponsor the work of the Himalayan Cataract Project. According to HVA President Rich Schindette, “Part of our mission...
Feb 23, 2017
Growing up in a small village in Eastern Nepal, Anil Rai, now eight years old, was always a sweet and energetic boy. He was a merit student at his school...
Myanmar Retina Sub-specialist Completes Fellowship
Jan 27, 2017
Eight-year old Nunu Weleye came to the recent cataract outreach campaign organized by the Himalayan Cataract Project in December 2016 in Harar, Ethiopia. She came accompanied by her father traveling...
Dec 16, 2016
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