Patient stories

Previously the chief of his village, Poufia spent ten long years before his sight was restored.

Ashita was diagnosed with diabetes when she was just 15, although her diabetes eye disease was only diagnosed ten years later- right before COVID hit.

Vika lived happily on the small island of Vava'u, in Tonga until she developed cataracts in both eyes.

When we meet Simalo she is four months pregnant with her first child and blind in both eyes.

If our supporters weren’t there, our outreach team wouldn't have been there and Fakatele would have lost his sight.

Blindness doesn’t always take away your independence but it can stop you from providing for your family.

For Elizabeth, her surgery was life-changing. She could see properly for the first time. This moment marked the beginning of a normal childhood.

Blindness to diabetes eye disease leads to a worse blindness.