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• Mama

  This is the story of a South African grandmother named Mama. She was blind in both eyes for many years because she could not afford the operation to have her sight restored. Through the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation, she was able to get the treatment she needed to regain her sight. She can now leave her home without assistance and is able to see her grandchildren again. There are millions more like Mama that The Foundation needs to reach, but we need your support.

• South Africa

  The state of health in South Africa has suffered some major setbacks in recent years, particularly amongst the poor and rural population. Overview The Eastern Cape Province, where our program work is concentrated, is the second largest and also one of the poorest of the nine province, with low levels of education and high unemployment.

• World Sight Day 2010 - South Africa

  On World Sight Day 2010, The Fred Hollows Foundation in South Africa is completing its third week of a special campaign to dramatically increase the number of sight restoring cataract operations at Queenstown’s Sabona Eye Centre. The Foundation has taken advantage of the presence of a medical team from the Mercy Ships charity - to work in partnership with existing staff at Sabona to conduct three weeks of intensive cataract surgery. Following Queenstown, the team will move to Mthatha for the final three weeks of the nine week campaign.