The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ believes that everyone has the right to sight. We are committed to eradicating avoidable blindness in the Pacific region where over 80,000 people are needlessly blind.
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    Sight restored after nine years.

    Deonisia was blind for nine years until her sight was restored by The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ. Read the story and watch the video of Deonisia's life changing surgery.

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    Sir Edmund Hillary Pacific Eye Scholarship

    The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is pleased to announce the inaugural Sir Edmund Hillary Pacific Eye Scholarship, named in memory of our late patron. The scholarship will help alleviate Pacific blindness.

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    A Milestone in the History of Human Rights

    The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention guarantees the rights of 650 million people worldwide who have disabilities, including blind and visually impaired.

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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"