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  • Fourfold return on every $1 spent restoring sight

    The results of a landmark study show the economic benefits of eliminating avoidable blindness in developing countries outweigh the costs by a factor of four to one. This means that for every dollar invested in preventing someone from going blind, more than four dollars is returned in economic terms.

  • Bob Carr launches new study into cost and benefits of ending blindness

    Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr today launched the results of a landmark study into the cost and benefits of ending avoidable blindness throughout the world.

  • The Foundation named as one of the world’s best NGOs

    The Fred Hollows Foundation has been ranked within the top fifty best non-government organisations (NGOs) in the world in an annual list of the top 100 NGOs published by The Global Journal. The Swiss-based journal made the assessment based on criteria including innovation, impact and sustainability. “It is great that The Fred Hollows Foundation has been named one of the world’s best NGOs,” said The Foundation’s Community Education Manager, Joe Boughton-Dent.

  • Investing in Vision

    February 2013: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released the fourth, and final, report in the series commissioned by The Fred Hollows Foundation to calculate the costs and benefits of achieving the VISION 2020 goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by the year 2020.

  • The Foundation supports essential eye surgery training

    People living with cataract blindness in China's Yunnan province can now get their sight restored thanks to surgical training provided by The Fred Hollows Foundation. Over 200 cataract patients recently received sight restoring surgery at the Lancang County Hospital in Yunnan. Supported by The Foundation, eye doctor Dr Xu Jianlian and a team of local surgeons were trained to perform modern small incision cataract surgery (SICS) - a surgical technique commonly used in developing countries to treat cataract blindness in a fast, effective and affordable way.

  • Record results for 2011

    The Foundation achieved record results in 2011, bringing us closer to our goal of ending avoidable blindness by 2020.

  • Australian Minister witnesses impact of restoring sight in Cambodia

    The Australian Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, has visited the Siem Reap Regional Eye Hospital in northern Cambodia to see first-hand the work being done to eliminate avoidable blindness in the region.

  • Slideshow: A year in pictures

    In this photo slideshow we bring together some amazing pictures of our sight restoring work around the world. Captured by some of Australia's best-known photographers, these images represent the many thousands of people our supporters helped last year. > View slideshow > Find out more about our sight restoring work around the world.

  • Latest eye campaign reaches 13,335 in Lao PDR

    The Foundation has screened over 13,300 people from villages in some of the most poor and remote provinces in Lao PDR.

  • Another award for Dr Sanduk Ruit

    Dr Sanduk Ruit has been honoured for his outstanding leadership in ophthalmology. Dr Ruit receives the Arthur Lim award in South Korea A world renowned eye surgeon, Dr Ruit has carried out over 120,000 cataract operations Receiving the Arthur Lim Award at the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in South Korea this month, Dr Ruit was honored for his contribution to ophthalmic surgical, training and teaching methods that have been implemented around the world.

  • Saving sight in Pakistan

    Pakistan is home to one of the most successful sight restoring programs in the developing world. More than 4 million people have received assistance from The Fred Hollows Foundation since 1998.

  • Advocate to end avoidable blindness

    Will you be part of the worldwide campaign to end avoidable blindness by 2020? Right now a new Action Plan is being developed by The World Health Organization to set out the work needed to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The Action Plan needs engagement and input from Member States and non-government organisations across the globe.

  • Tania's sight is restored

    At five years of age, Tania had developed a cataract in her right eye - by the time she was 10, she was blind in both eyes. Her family’s lack of financial resources meant Tania was deprived of treatment she desperately needed. Approximately 40,000 children in Bangladesh are blind - 12,000 cases due to cataract Tania stopped going to school and had started losing contact with friends, becoming increasingly isolated due to her blindness.

  • May 2012: Quarterly Report

    In this issue: Joy returns to one Kenyan family, 2011 highlights from the field, a special report from Pakistan, and Giap '20 years on' by journalist Miranda Devine. > Download: Quarterly Report

  • Dr Sanduk Ruit

    Dr Sanduk Ruit is a long-time friend and partner of The Fred Hollows Foundation. World-renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist Dr Ruit has performed more than 100,000 sight-saving operations in his distinguished career and is founder and Medical Director of The Foundation’s partner organisation in Nepal, the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology. Born in a small remote village in the north east of Nepal, Dr Ruit's start in life was tough. His village, which sits at an altitude of 11,000 feet, was poor and had no electricity.

  • Joy

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEO Kenya: Share in this incredible moment – the moment that Joy was reunited with her mother, after life-changing surgery to restore her sight.

  • Dr Sanduk Ruit features in Ray Martin's 'A Current Affair' special report

  • Get behind Close the Gap Day – March 22

    Australians are being urged to get behind National Close the Gap Day on Thursday 22 March. All around the country local organisations and communities are working to close the gap in life expectancy and tackling the health crisis that sees Aboriginal people experience higher rates of preventable illness – including avoidable blindness.

  • Childhood blindness in Pakistan

    Big steps are being taken in eliminating childhood blindness in Pakistan through The Fred Hollows Foundation's support of the work of Mayo Eye Hospital in Lahore.

  • Tackling blindness in China

    Lan Chengchou and Zhou Jingguang are both blind with bilateral cataracts. And they are longing to see their family and friends again. See how The Fred Hollows Foundation is restoring sight and dignity to people like Lan and Zhou in China.

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  • Boy has sight restored after 11 years

    A boy called Him was one of the youngest patients to have his sight restored at an outreach eye camp in remote Nepal recently. Him, 11, was born with cataracts. His poor vision made life a misery, particularly at school. His mother Masino learnt that The Fred Hollows Foundation's Nepal partner Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology would be holding an eye clinic near their home in central Nepal, at Kalika Community Hospital, Rasuwa. The news brought hope that her son might see for the first time.

  • Local clinic brings cataract surgery closer

    Nasiragar has become the first sub-district of Bangladesh to carry out regular cataract operations, thanks to The Foundation’s upgrade of a local health clinic.   Prior to the renovation of the Upazila Health Complex in Nasirnagar, patients living outside the nearest major city of Brahmanbaria needed to travel large distances for sight-restoring surgery. The high cost of transport, accommodation and surgery prevented many people from receiving vital eye care.

  • Nepal partner receives Distinguished Service Award

    A Foundation partner who regularly leads expeditions to restore sight to thousands in remote corners of Nepal, has been honoured for outstanding work at a ceremony in Sydney. Dr Reeta Gurung received a Distinguished Service Award from the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthamology for her contribution to eye health in Nepal. She is Deputy Medical Director at the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu, The Foundation’s long-term partner organisation in Nepal.

  • Malo

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEO Vietnam: The accepted wisdom in medical circles is that a child born with cataracts should be treated before reaching seven years of age. After seven, it is less likely the brain will respond to signals from the eyes. Malo is nine. I must tell you about Malo I was in Vietnam with a team from The Foundation when I met Malo.