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Tilganga Eye Centre
http://www.tilganga.org
The Tilganga Eye Center is committed to meet the needs of cataract blind in developing nations by providing high quality affordable intra-ocular lenses (IOL) for use in modern cataract surgery and by providing world class ophthalmic services to the people of Nepal and neighboring countries through the Surgical Training Center (Surgicentre), the Fred Hollows IOL Laboratory and Nepal Eye Bank.

The Fred Hollows Foundation
http://www.hollows.org
The Fred Hollows Foundation is dedicated to facilitating comprehensive and quality eye care with a focus on cataracts. Our primary audience is disadvantaged people in developing countries but we support the principle of access for all people.

The Christoffel Blinden Mission
http://www.cbm.at

The Swiss Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ch

The SEVA Foundation
http://www.seva.org
SEVA builds partnerships to respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions.

Central Asia Institute
http://www.ikat.org
Central Asia Institute promotes literacy, women's vocational skills, and awareness of public health and environmental issues through community initiated education programs in the mountain regions of Central Asia.

Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

Tibet Fund
http://www.tibetfund.org
The Tibet Fund's primary mission is the preservation of the distinct cultural, religious and national identity of the Tibetan people. The Tibet Fund is a non-profit organization that administers grants and supports projects that advance this mission.

Tibet Vision Project
http://www.tdf.org.cn/1.htm
Tibet Development Fund (TDF) is the first charitable NGO on the roof of the world. It aims at facilitating the social, cultural and economic development of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan areas in the surrounding provinces of Sichuan, Chinghai, Gansu and Yunnan.

Lions International
http://www.lionsclubs.org
Nearly 1.4 million Lions members in 190 countries and geographic areas answer the needs that challenge the communities of the world. Lions tackle tough problems like blindness, drug abuse prevention, and diabetes awareness. Lions International helped establish the Nepal Lions Eye Bank at Tilganga Eye Centre.

ORBIS
http://www.orbis.org
A nonprofit, humanitarian organization, ORBIS works in developing countries to save sight through hands-on training, public health education and improved access to eye care.

The Eyecare Foundation
http://www.eyecarefoundation.org

Nepal Eye Program Australia
http://www.hollows.org/resources/profiles/nepa.htm
The Fred Hollows Foundation and Dr. Sanduk Ruit formed the Nepal Eye Program Australia to support Dr. Ruit’s work in Nepal, based at the Tilganga Eye Centre. The Fred Hollows Foundation established the Fred Hollows Intraocular Lens Factory at Tilganga Eye Centre.

University of Vermont College of Medicine
http://www.med.uvm.edu

Aravind Eye Care System
http://www.aravind.org

Kathmandu University Medical School
http://www.scheermemorialhospital.org/KUMS.htm
Kathmandu University Medical School’s mission is to help in leading Nepal towards self-reliance in health care by educating physicians, providing health care services and conducting research with excellence, compassion and fairness.

Tissue Banks International
http://www.tgionline.org
To relieve human suffering by providing human allograft tissue to restore sight and health.

The Gibney Family Foundation
http://www.TGFF.org
The Gibney Family Foundation provides grants to non-profit organizations, which can demonstrate an outstanding ability to empower those who are challenged, particularly the blind, in the quest to live happier more productive lives.

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In Nepal, cataracts cause over 70% of blindness.
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