Eye on the World

Lives Changed in Ethiopia

Recently, HCP partnered with the Bisidimo Hospital to perform a weeklong cataract outreach, providing 472 sight restoring surgeries. Below are some of the stories from patients, whose lives have been changed...

Feb 26, 2021

2020 - A year in review

In addition to celebrating our 25th year, a true highlight of 2020 was a milestone we reached together with scores of implementing partners around the world - surpassing 1 million surgeries! From...

Jan 31, 2021

New Beginnings: Launching into 2021

Delivering care to the most vulnerable patients has always been a priority for HCP. Despite the challenges presented by Covid in 2020, HCP’s in-country partners have wasted no time delivering...

Jan 31, 2021

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Dr. Hening Naluria

With the goal of increasing the capacity for specialized eye care in Indonesia, Dr. Hening Naluria from East Java, recently completed a year-long fellowship program in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult...

Jan 28, 2021

Surgical Outreach in Bisidimo Helps Patients Near and Far

HCP’s work continues to help those affected by needless blindness, even through the ongoing pandemic. These outreach efforts are planned in coordination with on-the-ground teams and adhere to Covid-19...

Dec 23, 2020

Save the Date - December 1 is #GivingTuesday

Tuesday, December 1 is #GivingTuesday!

Nov 27, 2020

Happiness sparked in Saipal, Nepal

Scanning the surrounding mountains with newly-unbandaged eyes Pyaru Bohora, a 77-year-old patient exclaimed, “Oh, it’s morning! I can see now!” Her happiness could be felt rising like the warmth...

Nov 27, 2020

HCP featured in The New York Times

This has been an extraordinary week for the Himalayan Cataract Project!

Nov 27, 2020

Bhutan Celebrates World Sight Day with Sight-Restoring Surgeries

October 8, 2020 was World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The International Agency for...

Oct 29, 2020

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Zelalem Addisu

Dr. Zelalem Addisu, a cataract surgeon, is one of hundreds of ophthalmic personnel in Ethiopia whose training has been supported by HCP since our work began there in 2008. Dr. Zelalam's...

Oct 29, 2020

In Memoriam: Dr. Alan S. Crandall

Global eye care lost a champion with the recent passing of Dr. Alan S. Crandall, a brilliant surgeon whose compassion knew no boundaries. On behalf of the Himalayan Cataract Project,...

Oct 29, 2020

Himalayan Cataract Project Announces Tally of Over One Million Surgeries

The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) announced recently that the eye care organization achieved a major milestone. Together with its collective network of partners around the world, the HCP has reached...

Oct 23, 2020

Surgical Outreach Work Resumes in Ghana

After pausing outreach events in mid-March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, HCP’s partners in Ghana have carefully resumed small-scale outreach and surgical care, shifting the focus from high-volume...

Sep 30, 2020

HCP’s Virtual 25th Anniversary Celebration

Drs. Geoff Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, Co-founders of the Himalayan Cataract Project invite you to a virtual celebration of our 25th Anniversary of providing transformative eye care.This will...

Sep 30, 2020

Eye Bank of Ethiopia Wins Award Highlighting Success of Public Private Partnership

​The Eye Bank of Ethiopia has been awarded the 2020 P3 Impact Award.

Sep 30, 2020

New Education Modules Help Advance Eye Care Training Options

In mid-August, Ethiopian trainers brought the modules to Debre Berhan, Ethiopia to use the modules to provide instruction and skills transfer to four ophthalmic nurses, four optometrists and two biomedical engineers in the area.

Aug 31, 2020

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...

Aug 31, 2020

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, leaving hundreds...

Aug 31, 2020