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Fred Hollows

The illustrated tale of a boy’s journey to vision

This is an incredible story. One you couldn’t make up. It involves a long journey and a big dose of determination. Join Juliette and Leo on…

Apr 21, 2017

The illustrated tale of a boy’s journey to vision

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

The five facts about childhood blindness you need to know

While children make up just one in 10 people who are blind, the implications for children who are blind are far reaching.

Apr 21, 2017

The five facts about childhood blindness you need to know

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

Trachoma: 5 facts you should know

Do you know what this painful and entirely preventable eye disease is? Read on…

Apr 21, 2017

Trachoma: 5 facts you should know

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

The story of Peter Datjing

Peter Datjing’s paintings have been revered around the world — but then he lost the ability to see.

Apr 21, 2017

The story of Peter Datjing

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

The only child eye doctor in Burundi: meet Dr Levi Kandeke

“The chance of my life is to be born and raised in one of the poorest countries in the world and go to graduate school in one of the…

Apr 21, 2017

The only child eye doctor in
Burundi: meet Dr Levi Kandeke

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

The importance of learning

Education for girls and women leads to possibility. But, in the remote regions of countries like Kenya, education for blind children is a…

Apr 21, 2017

The importance of learning

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

An eye for an eye can let the whole world see

Changing Hindu beliefs has been the small task taken on by Nepal’s Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in their ground-breaking work…

Apr 21, 2017

An eye for an eye can let the whole world see

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

Eye disease discriminates- but we can change that

“In East Africa, life for the blind is paralysing. Many women are too poor to afford the bus fare to the clinic or hospital, or for a…

Apr 21, 2017

Eye disease discriminates- but we can change that

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

34 eye surgeons for 15 million people

Why the Cambodian eye care system needs your help

Apr 21, 2017

34 eye surgeons for 15 million people

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

The remarkable Madam May

Vietnam has changed a lot since Professor Fred Hollows first arrived here in 1992. In Hanoi, motor scooters have replaced pushbikes — and…

Apr 21, 2017

The remarkable Madam May

Apr 21, 2017

Fred Hollows

Fred Hollows

We see a world in which no person is needlessly blind and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to good health.

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