Eye on the World

Jace Tang

Family moved by NPR broadcast featuring HCP, creates fundraiser for a special 6th birthday

Aug 31, 2018

Faustina Adu-Poku

“I am enthused to share my skills and knowledge to help the important cause of restoring sight, because the eye is the window to the body. I get such a...

Jul 31, 2018

Mary Mensah

“I am happy because now I am able to visit my children and spend time with them, as well as with my grandchildren, especially those who have moved to other...

Jul 31, 2018

Dr. Vera Essuman

“I look forward to a country free of avoidable blindness, where its people enjoy good eye health provided by well-trained ophthalmic personnel at all levels, such that no one leaves...

Jun 29, 2018

Izumi Foundation

HCP Launches TT+ Program in Ethiopia in New Partnership with Izumi Foundation

Jun 28, 2018

Dr. Haftamu Assefa

“I work at Quiha Eye Hospital, where there are only two ophthalmologists who serve more than eight million people"

May 31, 2018

Dr. Tesfaye Tadesse

"I chose ophthalmology because I had the opportunity to witness what high quality ophthalmology care and training could provide to Ethiopia and its people"

Apr 30, 2018

Workenesh Cheru

“I am excited to resume my school and be like my friends and I want to be doctor like you and help needy people.“

Mar 30, 2018

Dr. Zelalem Gizachew Tekle

“I decided to go into Ophthalmology to fill in the healthcare gap in Ethiopia and make a difference”

Mar 30, 2018

Climbers Scale Dhaulagiri to Cure Blindness

Climbers and Fundraisers Ryan Kushner, Nicholas Rice and Christopher Manning Attempt World's 7th Highest Mountain

Mar 30, 2018

Dr. Akwasi Ahmed

“My one true passion is practicing ophthalmology and thus I get the most joy and fulfillment when I am able to make interventions to improve the lives of my patients...

Feb 28, 2018

Healthy Vision Association

For the fourth consecutive year, the Healthy Vision Association supports the work of the Himalayan Cataract Project

Feb 28, 2018

Ongyel Sherpa

From the Mountains of Nepal to the Green Mountain State, a New Life Gives Back

Feb 20, 2018

Gebretsahme Welde Selase

Meet Gebretsahme Welde Selase, a bilaterally blind 54 year-old elementary school teacher from Axum, Ethiopia

Jan 31, 2018

Dr. Sadik Taju Sherief

Pediatric Ophthalmology Specialist and Head of Pediatrics at Menelik II Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Jan 31, 2018

Melkemu

Melkemu is a 14 year-old boy who was brought to a high volume cataract outreach at Arba Minch Hospital in Ethiopia by his father, Melkechi. Subdued and shy, with cataracts in...

Jan 5, 2018

Eye Center in Oregon Initiates Global Partners Program

Group of HCP Affiliated Ophthalmologists at Medical Eye Center in Medford, OR spearhead fundraising effort in support of HCP

Nov 30, 2017

Dr. Abraham Aregay

"I hope we can reduce the backlog of blindness and restore vision to those in need in Ethiopia. Not just cataracts, but all preventable and treatable blindness"

Oct 31, 2017