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Reflecting on recent achievements: 2008 annual report

The year to 30 June 2008 was a year of many achievements for The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ across our three main areas of activity – education, workforce support, and research and advocacy.

Some highlights:

  • To our delight, NZAID’s independent evaluation of our Pacific Regional Program reported that The Foundation had “developed blindness prevention programs of inestimable value” to the region.
  • Between 2002 and 2007 we trained 4 eye doctors and 39 eye nurses at three regional training centres (Suva, Madang and Dili).  2008 saw a further 3 doctors and 22 nurses attending our diploma courses.
  • FHFNZ continues to support the eye health profession throughout the region.  As a result of this support, achievements in the year to 30 June 2008 included:
  • more than 700 sight-restoring surgical procedures were performed by staff, students and graduates of PEI
  • more than 1800 people were screened in Madang, PNG, resulting in close to 500 operations, and
  • some 6000 spectacles were dispensed in Timor-Leste.

  To read more about what we achieved during the 2008 financial year, please download our 2008 annual report