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Eye screenings being completed for children in Antigua and Barbuda
Bhutan Ethiopia Ghana India Nepal South Sudan Antigua and Barbuda Patient Care Local Capacity Prevention

770,000 Eye Screenings & Expanding Access to Eye Care Around the World

This World Sight Day, Cure Blindness Project and its partners brought vision screenings, treatment, and eye health education to communities across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
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Celebrating an Unsung Hero in the Fight Against Blindness

Celebrating an Unsung Hero in the Fight Against Blindness

Extraordinary generosity has helped restore sight to more than 600,000 people and strengthen eye care systems for generations to come.
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Never to Late to Learn
Ethiopia Patient Care

Never Too Late to Learn

Bekele is a Grade 7 student, a farmer, and a father of five. He lives in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia and attends a primary school through the government’s adult...
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Déli and her son
Ivory Coast Patient Care

Restoring Sight, Restoring a Family

Since 2020, Déli’s eyesight has gradually deteriorated. Painful, swollen, watery eyes eventually gave way to complete vision loss in her right eye, while her left eye could only make out...
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Dr. Moti Dejene, Field Notes: Building Surgical Excellence Through Partnership
Ethiopia Local Capacity

Field Notes: Building Surgical Excellence Through Partnership

"My name is Dr. Moti Dejene, and I serve as the Wet Lab Coordinator for the Jimma University Ophthalmology Department Residency Program. Surgical training has always been central to our...
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Board Chair Dr. Matt Oliva Wins Humanitarian Award

Board Chair Dr. Matt Oliva Wins Humanitarian Award

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has selected Cure Blindness Project Board Chair and 27-year Cure Blindness Project volunteer Dr. Matthew Oliva as recipient of its 2026 AAO Outstanding Humanitarian...
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Jim & Joyce C., monthly supporters since 2007

See the Difference a Month Can Make

Around the world, millions of people are living with preventable blindness, not because treatment is impossible, but because the resources and trained eye-care professionals they need are often out of...
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Dr. Abeba Tesfay, of Quiha Hospital in Ethiopia
Local Capacity Research

11 Publications, One Shared Goal: Advancing Eye Care Through Research

Research is an essential part of creating lasting change in global eye care. At Cure Blindness Project, we support research that addresses real-world challenges faced by patients and eye care...
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Restoring Sight, Renewing Hope: Asma’s Journey Back to School
Ethiopia Patient Care

Restoring Sight, Renewing Hope: Asma’s Journey Back to School

As children around the world prepare to head back to school, 10-year-old Asma in Ethiopia will join her friends after sight-restoring surgery at a Cure Blindness Project outreach.
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