Patient stories

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.

She got her sight back thanks to our supporters. But they also gave her back her confidence, her independence and her happiness.

Rex had a very dense cataract in his left eye, reminding us cataract blindness is not confined to the elderly.

Without access to quality eye care, an everyday accident led to a long and painful loss of independence for Bethe.

Clerence has suffered from diabetes since she was a baby. One of the many complications is diabetes eye disease.