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  • New eye patient records system will minimise treatment delays

    A new Foundation-funded patient information system being rolled out in Kenya means people like Joy will have a better chance of getting treatment.

  • 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

  • Africa: Work with us

    The Fred Hollows Foundation is a successful and well respected International Development Organisation.  We are committed to supporting employment opportunities for local people within the countries where we work.  Before applying for a position with us, please ensure you have the appropriate eligibility to work. We appreciate the time every applicant takes to express their interest in working at The Foundation and have included some additional information to assist you with your application.

  • Kipar

    When we first met with Kipar, our team was stunned by how dirty he was. Then we realised. The reason Kipar was grubby isn’t because he's not loved. He is, deeply. Born with bilateral cataracts, Kipar was dirty because there was no way he could walk the 10 km to the nearest water to wash himself. The fact that Kipar was still alive is a credit to his family's care. With the help of our supporters, Kipar travelled to the Foundation-supported Nakuru Eye Clinic for surgery. Moments after his eye patches were removed, Kipar examined his own face in the mirror.

  • 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.

  • Tackling trachoma Fred's way in Kenya

    Thirty-five years after Professor Fred Hollows conducted a nationwide trachoma survey of Australian Indigenous communities, The Foundation is tackling the disease in two remote districts of Kenya.  The Foundation has begun conducting surveys in the districts of Trans Mara and East Pokot - the results of which will shape future work to end trachoma in the region.

  • Anniversary call for action on trachoma

    The Fred Hollows Foundation has marked its 19th anniversary by launching a video on YouTube aimed at inspiring global action on trachoma - a disease which currently blinds one person every 15 minutes.  The short campaign video says that although trachoma is a disease that impacts an estimated 100 million people in around 57 countries, it is preventable and treatable through a strategy known as SAFE. The strategy combines surgical intervention, antibiotics, face cleaning and environmental change to effectively eliminate the disease from entire populations.

  • Starting from scratch in Migori

    When you decide to bring eye services to people who previously had none, sometimes you need to start from scratch. That’s exactly what The Fred Hollows Foundation is doing in the town of Migori, in south-western Kenya.  Prior to The Foundation's decision to step in and supply Migori Hospital with new equipment and staff, the 300,000 people in the town and surrounding areas had no permanent eye unit.

  • The relationship between poverty and visual impairment

    Does Cataract Surgery Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from a Multi-Centre Intervention Study Conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh. Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Wanjiku Mathenge, Cristina Eusebio, Zakia Wadud, Mamunur Rashid, Allen Foster.  PLoS ONE 5(11): e15431. Published online 9 Nov 2010

  • Kenya

    The Foundation and its partners have developed a blindness prevention program in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province that is so successful similar programs are being set up throughout Eastern Africa. Overview Since 2004, The Foundation has been supporting partners in Kenya to deliver eye care services to people living in the rural Rift Valley Province.

  • Kipar

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEOKENYA: Blind since birth, the fact that Kipar is still alive is a credit to his family’s care.  

  • George and Margaret

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEO Kenya: George and Margaret had been inseparable for most of their adult lives. Blinded by cataract as they got older, they were able to survive with daily support from their daughter Felistia.

  • Lmesinae

    Kenya: Lmesinae had cataracts in both eyes and would probably have spent the rest of his life in an institution, with no future, and no hope. Sight restoring surgery changed his life. Twelve-year-old Lmesinae lives in a remote part of Kenya, many hours drive from the nearest town. His village is a semi-permanent collection of mud huts, with a token fence to keep the animals off the rare scraps of vegetation.

  • Simila

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEOKenya: Rose has never seen the face of her youngest daughter Simila – a beautiful, laughing little girl who never leaves her mother’s side.

  • Cataract surgery significantly improves health

    A new study, co-authored by The Foundation’s Dr Ciku Mathenge, finds that cataract surgery significantly improves a person's quality of life, vision and general health. The study, conducted in Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines, explores the impact cataract surgery has on poverty and overall health amongst people aged 50 years and over.

  • Surgical boost to cut trachoma in Kenya

    People living with trachoma blindness in one of Kenya’s largest provinces will now have the chance to receive sight-saving eye surgery sooner with the addition of two new specialists to the region. The Foundation is partnering with the Nakuru Eye Unit in north-west Kenya to provide training for eye nurses to upgrade their skills and become trachoma specialists.

  • Study confirms blindness causes poverty

    A world-first study co-authored by The Foundation’s Dr Ciku Mathenge provides the strongest evidence yet that sight restoring operations help break the poverty cycle in developing countries. Research in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines shows the earning capacity of poor people with cataracts increased significantly after eye surgery. The results add weight to arguments for increasing eye health aid to poor countries, to help eradicate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

  • World Sight Day 2010 - Kenya

    World Sight Day 2010 will see a very special celebration in Kenya, with The Fred Hollows Foundation joining in national celebrations organised by the Ministry of Health to launch a new mobile diabetic laser clinic. This mobile clinic will enable eye health professionals in Kenya to detect diabetic retinopathy in rural and urban areas – an essential piece of equipment given the remote locations many people live in.