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Spring Report 2008 (November 2008)

In this issue read about rugby legend Michael Jones' inspirational trip to Vanuatu to see our sight restoring work in action.  We introduce you to one of our key Pacific eye doctors, Dr Claude Posada of the Solomon Islands, and the challenges he faces and examine the role of Pacific eye clinic managers in the fight against avoidable blindness.

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Autumn Report 2008

In this issue we say a sad farewell to a great friend and patron, Sir Edmund Hillary, and welcome another Kiwi hero, Michael Jones, who has joined us an ambassador for The Foundation. We give you an insight into life on the ground with a moving diary excerpt from one of our workers, and we introduce you to Jenivia, one of 2000 Timorese school children who had their eyes screened last year. Our profile this issue is Line Aunuse who has just completed her training at the Pacific Eye Institute and has returned to Samoa to fight blindness in her home country.

> Download the May 2008 Report

Spring Report 2007     

In this issue we hear about Gabi Hollows' whirlwind visit to New Zealand to celebrate the Foundation's 15th anniversary. We reveal research by staff at FHFNZ which shows that donating second hand spectacles can create more problems than it solves and we celebrate world sight day, vision for children. Our profile this quarter is Dr Mundi Qalo Qoqonokana, who tells us about his hopes to restore sight in the Pacific.

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Autumn Report 2007

In this issue we follow a Papua New Guinean woman's journey of faith and courage as her life is transformed by cataract surgery and document Mary's Lambie's trip to Vanuatu to see our work in action.  We also hear how experience of an eye infection epidemic in Fiji inspired a couple to ask all their wedding guests to donate to The Foundation in lieu of gifts.

> Download the May 2007 Report  (6MB)

Spring Report 2006

Does sight make a difference? In this issue we track down Tran Van Giap, 14 years after his sight saving surgery and hear his amazing story. We also meet Niue's only eye nurse, Charmaine Jackson, and Fred's Mate, Dr Ruit, who has won Asia's ‘Nobel Prize' in recognition of his work in the field of eye health and cataract surgery.

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Sharing the Vision Issue 21 
May 2006  (480kb)

Sharing the Vision Issue 20
November 2005   (890kb)

Sharing the Vision Issue 19
May 2005 (980kb)