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• Jet - Shine on for Fred Hollows

  A video tribute (full version) to Australian eye surgeon Fred Hollows, featuring music by Jet. Thank you to Jet and all The Fred Hollows Foundation's supporters for helping Fred's work to shine on.

• Overseas

  In 1985, as a consultant to the World Health Organization, Fred visited Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh on short-term assignments. Two years later he visited war-torn Eritrea and saw doctors operating in hospitals dug into mountains as the war raged above. These experiences had a huge effect on Fred and, in line with his basic belief in “equity between people”, he started to work towards reducing the cost of eye health care and treatment in developing countries.

• Eritrea

  Fred Hollows first visited Eritrea in 1987 when the country was still fighting for its independence from Ethiopia. He was hugely impressed with the medical community and the professionalism it maintained working in underground facilities and under fire. Overview After years of conflict, Eritrea's economy was decimated - social services were limited and more than half the population was living below the poverty line.

• Zeineb

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEO Eritrea: Born with cataracts in both eyes, 3-year-old Zeineb was almost totally blind. See how Fred’s work in Eritrea is continuing, as sight and hope is restored to one young girl.