Restore sight for $25 and help Fred's dream live on
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Gift in Celebration 
Planning a special occasion or event? Encourage your friends to make a donation on your behalf to The Fred Hollows Foundation and receive a gift that keeps giving.
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Once you register for a Gift in Celebration we can supply you with gift envelopes to send with your invitations, or your friends can simply make a gift on your behalf online. At your request we can also provide information packs about the work of The Foundation to give to your family and friends. All contributions are tax deductible and a receipt will be sent to each person who gives a gift on your behalf. |
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Why we need your support
- 3 out of 4 people in the developing world are living with avoidable blindness due to lack of access to simple treatment and routine surgery.
- On average, a person living with blindness in the developing world will die within four years of going blind.
- There is a 10 year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
- Your Gift in Celebration donation will help restore sight, dignity and independence.
Who benefits from your donation?
In 2009 we carried out 195,406 operations and treatments, up from 70,000 in 2006. That’s close to triple the number of people treated in just three years!
- The poorest of the poor in countries like Nepal, Vietnam and Kenya who are blind due to poverty and isolation, and only need routine treatment to restore their sight, dignity and independence.
- Of the more than 40 million blind people who live in the developing world, there are others, usually children and most often girls, who miss out on education or other life options to care for them.
- Ophthalmologists and eye health workers in developing countries who need training, facilities and equipment to carry out their sight restoring work.
- Australians in remote Indigenous communities who are living with cataract blindness, trachoma and other treatable eye conditions.
It's easy to give a Gift in Celebration
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