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The Moment a Life Changes

It's hard to describe that first moment when a patient regains their sight. This one-minute video from VICE on HBO captures that miraculous moment. The moment a person's life changes...
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Empowering global change on a local level

The immediate and dramatic difference sight-restoring cataract surgery can have on a life is truly remarkable. Watch our work in action and see how our co-founders are creating skills transfer...
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The Doctor Who Saved 100,000 Eyes

In 2015, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times traveled to Nepal to meet with HCP co-founders Drs. Sanduk Ruit and Geoff Tabin. This video by Nicholas Kristof, Vikram Singh...
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Grateful Himalayan Cataract Project

Grateful

We are so thankful to the local doctors, nurses and ophthalmic assistants working in the developing world to bring high-quality eye care to those in need. We are grateful for...
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Ethiopia Makes Curing Blindness a National Priority

When ABC News anchor David Muir accompanied Dr. Geoff Tabin to Ethiopia two years ago, viewers responded to help restore eye sight to thousands of individuals, young and old, suffering...
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Gift of Sight | A film by Yaara Bou Melhem

From Nepal to Indonesia, 101 East visits communities paralysed by preventable blindness and meets the doctors whose mission is to restore sight, and more importantly hope.
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Duk County Trailer: Restoring Sight in South Sudan

Produced by Jordan Campbell and Michael Herbener, this film chronicles a bold mission to restore sight in South Sudan.
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HCP in Ethiopia

HCP’s strength is building relationships with existing eye care providers to enhance training capacity and creating world-class infrastructure resulting in high-quality outcomes. HCP’s first partnership in Ethiopia developed in 200...
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Jamgon Kongtrul Eye Center | India

Himalayan Cataract Project efforts in India have gradually expanded to include training and equipment support for programs in three regions. The Jamgon Kongtrul Eye Centre in Kalimpong provides primary eye...
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