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
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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
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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
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Dr. Helen Sisay
“My future plan is first to serve my community, to give sight, to preserve visual function, to work on preventable blindness, and to transfer my knowledge by teaching”
Sep 30, 2017
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Dr. Angira Shrestha
“I am committed to provide my knowledge, skills and time to support the noble cause of HCP, mainly in advancing the field of uvea and ocular inflammation in resource-limited-settings.”
Aug 31, 2017
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Four Friends Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to Help #cureblindness
Four friends hike Mt. Kilimanjaro and raise over $20k to help the needlessly blind
Aug 31, 2017
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Dr. Daniel Getaneh
“The Eyes are the lamp of our body. Everyone fears to be blind because losing sight will bring catastrophic effect to one’s personal, social and economic life”
Jul 31, 2017
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Donor Chops Off Dreadlocks to Raise Money for HCP
“The capacity to restore an individual’s sight—to enable them to more deeply experience the world and see their loved ones’ smiles—for a paltry $25 is astounding”
Jul 31, 2017
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Dr. Kumale Tolesa
Ethiopian Pediatric Ophthalmology Sub-specialist Completes First Leg of Fellowship
Jun 30, 2017
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Family Foundation Gives Large Donation after watching “Out of Darkness” on 60 Minutes
“What moved us was the tremendous impact that the surgery has on the lives of the patients and their families.”
Jun 20, 2017
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Dorcas
Dorcas is a 16 year-old girl from Awaso in the Western Region of Ghana, who had to drop out of school because she was being ridiculed for having a “bad” eye.
Mar 27, 2017
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Curt Schlosser
“The reason I am always smiling is that every day when I get up and can see, I tend to smile the whole day. People notice that and I tell...
Mar 22, 2017
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USAID/ASHA: Improving lives together through Innovation
For more than a decade, USAID’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (USAID/ASHA) has been one of the Himalayan Cataract Project’s most important and reliable funding...
Mar 9, 2017
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Healthy Vision Association (HVA)
For the third consecutive year, the Healthy Vision Association has chosen to sponsor the work of the Himalayan Cataract Project. According to HVA President Rich Schindette, “Part of our mission...
Feb 23, 2017
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Anil Rai
Growing up in a small village in Eastern Nepal, Anil Rai, now eight years old, was always a sweet and energetic boy. He was a merit student at his school...
Feb 23, 2017
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Nunu Weleye
Eight-year old Nunu Weleye came to the recent cataract outreach campaign organized by the Himalayan Cataract Project in December 2016 in Harar, Ethiopia. She came accompanied by her father traveling from...
Dec 16, 2016
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