Patient stories

Philomena says ‘my eyes are magic now’ after having sight restoring surgery, thanks to our kind supporters.

Mahen and Utra both received cataract surgery at a outreaches run by the Pacific Eye Institute and, together, experienced the joy of restored sight.

After travelling more than 27 hours by boat to Samoa, husband and wife Penetito and Setefania could see each other clearly for the first time in years.

After a lifetime caring for others, it was Sereima’s turn to see clearly again.

With his sight restored, Popo can return to his church and community.

Thanks to sight-saving surgery, Omisha can see, learn, and grow with confidence.

Sau, a devoted teacher and mother from Samoa, suffered from avoidable blindness due to bilateral cataracts. Now, Sau can finally see her children again.

Sight-restoring surgery allowed Paketi to return to his beloved taro garden and regain independence. Now he’s an eye care advocate.

Thanks to cataract surgery at PEI, Varsila is now able to see all her grandchildren grow up.

In Papua New Guinea, four adult siblings had been living with blindness for years. Rose and her brothers Bulu, Lipi and Disem.

After five years of blindness, Philomena can finally see her family again — including the great-grandchildren she had only ever known by voice.

On his 10th birthday, Meli received sight-saving cataract surgery.

Salome, a 53-year-old mother of four from Solomon Islands life changed when her vision began to deteriorate.

Masi, an eight-year-old boy from Fiji, has had an avoidable blindness in both eyes for nearly his whole life.