Eye on the World

HCP Co-founders receive Humanitarian Award

HCP Co-founders Drs. Geoff Tabin and Sanduk Ruit were recently awarded the 2021 ASCRS Foundation Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award. The ASCRS Foundation supports physician education and provides humanitarian cataract surgery in the...

Apr 5, 2021

Philanthropy & Artificial Intelligence: HCP’s role

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published the opinion piece, "​Philanthropy Needs to Prepare Itself for a World Powered by Artificial Intelligence", exploring the role that philanthropy can play in support of A.I.

Mar 31, 2021

Women’s History Month: Highlighting Women Advancing Eye Care in Their Communities

To date, HCP has supported 1,007 training opportunities for women from 14 different countries including training for ophthalmologists, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals. In recognition of Women’s History Month, we...

Mar 31, 2021

HCP Breaks Ground on Speciality Eye Center in Ethiopia

Preparation for construction on the Specialty Eye Center in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia officially started in March 2021, marking an exciting step towards expanding eye care and ophthalmic training opportunities in the...

Mar 31, 2021

New Fellowships Provide Opportunities

​Training the next generation of eye care professionals is essential in the effort to address needless blindness. In Ethiopia, there is one ophthalmologist for every 1 million people and few training...

Feb 26, 2021

Notable Progress in Ghana with highlight on National Cataract Outreach Program

Piloted in 2017, the National Cataract Outreach Program (NCOP) is a partnership between the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) and Ghana’s Ministry of Health, whereby Ghana Health Services (GHS) organizes outreach...

Feb 26, 2021

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