Our partners

We work with government agencies, universities and community organisations in the Pacific to ensure people in the region have access to quality eye care in sustainable, resilient and locally led eye health systems.

Partnerships are vital to our work. Without them, we simply couldn’t achieve as much as we do.

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ’s partnerships provide the platform from which we continue to pursue our goals to:

Strengthen local eye health care systems in Pacific Island countries.
Support and foster the development of local eye health workforces in the region.
Support Pacific Island countries and their partners to develop their own eye health governance and policies.
Develop our own capabilities so we can continue to support Pacific Island countries.

We are extremely grateful to our partners, who share our vision of a Pacific where no one is needlessly blind or vision impaired.

Pacific Island Government partners

Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Nauru Department of Health and Medical Services
Papua New Guinea National Department of Health
Samoa Ministry of Health
Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Tokelau Department of Health
Tonga Ministry of Health
Tuvalu Department of Health
Vanuatu Ministry of Health

Development partners

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Canada Fund for Local Initiatives
Digicel Foundation
Divine Word University
Fiji National University
Lions Club International Foundation
Latter Day Saint Charities
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
The Fred Hollows Foundation
The University of Papua New Guinea

Corporate partners

Regional partners

Creative Self Help, Papua New Guinea
Foundation for People and Community
Development (FPCD), Papua New Guinea
Network of Callan Services, Papua New Guinea
The Pacific Community (SPC)
Pacific Eye Care Society (PacEYES)

News and updates

New partnership to build PNG’s eye health workforce

7 May 2025

In a significant step forward for collaboration in eye health, The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Tilganga Eye Hospital and Ophthalmology Training Institute (TIO) in Nepal.

9 April 2025

Today we celebrate the life and legacy of our founder and legendary Kiwi eye doctor, Professor Fred Hollows. Fred made his name working on the frontline of eye health. He went where the need was greatest, created innovative ways to deliver surgery, and worked tirelessly to restore sight. But being on the frontline wasn’t Fred’s […]