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A Story of Hope from Recent Efforts

A number of HCP’s partners have resumed moderate cataract surgical outreach after the threat of COVID-19 temporarily paused outreach activities earlier this year. Five partners in Ghana and three in...
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Ethiopia

HCP Announces New Speciality Eye Center in Ethiopia

Ethiopia shoulders one of the highest burdens of blindness in the world, with an estimated backlog of 800,000 people with cataract blindness. Only 70,000 Ethiopians receive cataract surgery each year...
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Thanks to Your Kindness, Sight-Restoring Surgeries Have Resumed in Bhutan

Thanks to so many of you who gave to our matching campaign in June, Himalayan Cataract Project is able to support our partners in Bhutan as they resume eye care...
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Our Work Continues - Update on Nepal from HCP Co-Founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit

We know how much you care about the needlessly blind people we serve.
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HCP trainee rides out COVID lockdown with fellowship

​Dr. Bezawit Tadegagne Abera, an ophthalmologist from St. Paul's Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, arrived in Kathmandu on Dec 1, 2019 for a 5-month hands-on training program at...
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Virtual Grand Rounds Highlights Global Blindness

​While COVID-19 has created challenges for in person meetings, clinical care and international travel, HCP Co-founder Dr. Geoff Tabin has used it as an opportunity to host some of the...
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Strong engagement drives successful #GivingTuesdayNow matching campaign

​“Great organization! - Can you imagine being blind in today's world?”
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#GivingTuesdayNow Spurs Day of Action for Giving and Unity

GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement, has announced #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity, set to take place on May 5, 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented...
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Ethiopia

Emergency Medical Supplies Reach Ethiopian Partners

Before patients can experience the joy of sight restoration at a high-volume surgical outreach, the right tools and sufficient materials need to be in place — from microscopes and medicines...
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