Hollows NZ welcomes a record number of students to its training centres in 2010 - 51 doctors and nurses from nine countries
  • PEI graduate Dr Nola Pikacha in OT
    Training programs expand following glowing review

    Blind and vision impaired people in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste will benefit from increased government funding to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ

  • Chris and Lauren Hollister
    Walking for Sight

    Lauren Hollister has experienced some of New Zealand's most spectacular scenery in her mission to raise funds for an eye clinic in a remote province of Papua New Guinea

  • A participant in the Timor-Leste Eye health survey 2009
    Building a clearer picture of eye health in Fiji and Timor-Leste

    Hollows NZ is conducting eye health surveys in Fiji and Timor-Leste to determine the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment in each country

Professor Fred Hollows examining the eye of seven year old Tran Van Giap at the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) in Hanoi (Vietnam) in 1992. Photo courtesy of www.michaelamendolia.com.
"I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other"