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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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news | Ethiopia

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

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Save the Date - December 1 is #GivingTuesday

Tuesday, December 1 is #GivingTuesday!

Nov 27, 2020

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news | Nepal

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

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HCP featured in The New York Times

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

Nov 27, 2020

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news | Bhutan

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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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

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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

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news | Ghana

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

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