World Sight Day in Bangladesh takes place during a very busy week of activities for The Fred Hollows Foundation.

In Jamalpur, The Foundation is screening the eyes of hundreds of indigenous people in the region and conducting sight restoring cataract surgeries when necessary.

An outreach surgical camp is also taking place in Nasirnagar, in the remote Brahmanbaria district. Here patients will have the opportunity to receive eye treatments not usually available outside some of the larger cities, including operations to remove cataracts.

A number of events are also being held to raise awareness of eye care in communities, including seminars at several hospitals across the country and even a special art competition on blindness and refraction for children in the Satkhira district.