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Dr. Kumale Tolesa

Ethiopian Pediatric Ophthalmology Sub-specialist Completes First Leg of Fellowship
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Family Foundation Gives Large Donation after watching "Out of Darkness" on 60 Minutes

“What moved us was the tremendous impact that the surgery has on the lives of the patients and their families.”
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Dorcas

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.
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Curt Schlosser

“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...
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USAID/ASHA: Improving lives together through Innovation

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...
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Healthy Vision Association (HVA)

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...
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Anil Rai

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...
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Dr. Wah Wah Lwin

Myanmar Retina Sub-specialist Completes Fellowship
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Nunu Weleye

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...
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