About Us

We are a non profit organisation dedicated to facilitating comprehensive and quality eye care in developing countries, especially through the provision of appropriate training. The Foundation is committed to the fundamental human right of health for all and is independent, politically unaligned and secular.

We carry on the work of the late Professor Fred Hollows (1929-1993). Fred was an eye doctor, a skilled surgeon of international renown, a champion of the right of all people to good health and a strong advocate for social justice.

We work with local blindness prevention and health organisations throughout the developing world. In New Zealand our primary focus is in the Pacific Region. 

We are now providing essential eye care throughout the Pacific region and have recently established a regional eye health training centre, the Pacific Eye Institute. As a result, the number and quality of eye care professionals as has sight restoring operations, community eyecare and and eye screening. 

Many people have continued to help keep Fred's dream alive. We are very lucky to have so many sponsors and supporters involved in the work of The Fred Hollows  Foundation NZ.    

Alongside our dedicated New Zealand staff and Board of Trustees, we are fortunate to have a committed team of country staff, eye surgeons, nurses and technicians, as well as local partners, who work tirelessly for The Foundation.

In late 2006, The Foundations in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom joined together to establish The Fred Hollows Foundation International, a new global network to enhance Foundation operations around the world.