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  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • December 2011: Quarterly Report

    In this issue: Help arrives just in time for brave little H'Nhi, and an inspiring interview with Dr Phuong, who received paediatric surgical training with the help of our supporters.

  • A doctor for Shangdu

    For the first time, people in China's remote Shangdu County can have their sight restored without lengthy travel, after the region acquired its first eye surgeon. Accessible surgery is possible due to the training of a local surgeon, Dr Ming Huang, with support from The Fred Hollows Foundation and Standard Chartered Bank. Dr Huang was previously a generalist but now has the specialist skills to treat complex eye conditions.

  • Australia: Work with us

    The Fred Hollows Foundation is one of Australia's most successful and well respected International Development organisations. We welcome enquiries regarding employment, however all current available positions for Australia will be listed below. 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.

  • Phan

    Special report by Brian Doolan, CEO Cambodia: Phan was eleven when his eyes “started to go funny”. Three years later he couldn't see the blackboard at school. Sight restoring surgery means he can get an education and has hope for a better future.

  • Leave a bequest

    Leaving the world a better place was one of Fred Hollows' basic beliefs. He was passionate about restoring sight to disadvantaged people in developing countries and improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

  • Keeping Fred's dream alive

    The late Professor Fred Hollows spent most of his life working to end avoidable blindness and to improve the health of Indigenous Australians. Fred and Gabi Hollows and friends set up The Fred Hollows Foundation in 1992 so his work would continue, and we take our lead from Fred.

  • Ending avoidable blindness

    Fred Hollows had a vision of ending avoidable blindness. With the help of our partners and supporters, The Foundation is working to make Fred’s vision a reality. An estimated 39 million people around the world today are blind. Four out of five don't have to be.

  • The Foundation

    The Fred Hollows Foundation is a lean and independent, non-profit, secular organisation that was started by Fred and Gabi Hollows and friends the year before he died. The Foundation has worked in over 40 countries around the world and with Indigenous communities in remote parts of Australia, and continues to be inspired by Fred’s lifelong endeavour to end avoidable blindness and improve Indigenous health.

  • 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.

  • The eye doctor

    Fred once said, “I studied medicine so I could help others – set a leg or whatever – and it’s given me a great deal of satisfaction”. But setting legs was not what Professor Fred Hollows ended up doing… Fred had done an eye term at medical school and, as a result, he assisted eye surgeons at Auckland Public Hospital in his first job after graduating.