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Ending avoidable blindness in the Pacific
We're putting an end to avoidable blindness in the Pacific. We won't stop until our Pacific neighbours have permanent access to quality eye care. Here’s how.
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Restoring and preserving sight
Many people are blind because they don’t have access to affordable eye care. Our donors have restored sight to more than two million people globally and performed over 81,000 sight-saving operations in the Pacific.
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Training and supporting doctors and nurses
Fred believed in empowering people. That’s why we train a range of eye care professionals — from community health workers to surgeons. Developing local skills will always be at the heart of our work.
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Strengthening health systems
One of the keys to our success so far has been working alongside local governments, health care providers, and communities to ensure quality eye care is fully integrated into local health care systems.
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Driving innovation and research
Like Fred, we're a practical bunch. We use evidence-based approaches in our programmes and we don’t shy away from doing things differently if it gets us closer to ending avoidable blindness in the Pacific.
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Where we work
Papua New Guinea
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 8,776,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation eye care training facility</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>12</strong> active Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>94</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians</li><hr id="horizontalrule"><li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021 <ul> <li><strong>1</strong> trainee eye doctor graduated</li> <li><strong>8</strong> eye nurse graduates</li> <li><strong></strong>A gender analysis study was commissioned in Papua New Guinea and the first phase of the research was completed.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
Solomon Islands
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 669,800</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>2 </strong>active Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>24</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses<hr id="horizontalrule"></li><li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong>2</strong> eye nurses graduated</li> <li>The National Eye Conference conducted at the Regional Eye Centre was attended by 56 local eye care clinicians from across the country.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
Vanuatu
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 299,900</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses<hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong></strong>Health promotion resources such as flipcharts and pull-up banners were developed to raise community awareness on diabetes and diabetes eye disease</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Fiji
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 890,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>2</strong> Foundation partner clinics</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>16</strong> active Foundation-supported eye doctors</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong><strong></strong>34</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; background-color: initial;"></span></li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><hr>In 2021<ul> <li><strong>2</strong> eye doctors graduated</li><li><strong>1</strong> trainee eye doctor graduated</li><li>The Pacific's first-ever surgical platform that helps perform sight-saving surgeries such as vitreoretinal and phacoemulsification was installed at CWM Hospital</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p>
Tonga
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 104,500</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>Foundation-trained eye doctor (active)</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>10</strong> Foundation-trained eye nurses (active) <hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2020 <ul> <li><strong>1</strong> eye nurse graduate</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> <font style="background-color: initial;"></font> </p>
Samoa
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 197,000</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active<strong> </strong>Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong> active Foundation-trained eye nurses <hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li>1 eye nurse graduated</li><li>70 primary health workers attended awareness workshops to improve their knowledge about diabetes and diabetes eye disease </li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Kiribati
<ul class="location-map-tooltip-items"> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">Population 117,600</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1</strong> Foundation partner clinic</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>1 </strong>active<strong> </strong>Foundation-supported eye doctor</li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item"><strong>12</strong> active Foundation-supported eye nurses and eye care clinicians <hr id="horizontalrule"> </li> <li class="h4 location-map-tooltip-item">In 2021<ul> <li><strong>1</strong> eye nurse graduated</li> <li><strong><strong></strong>8</strong> workshops were conducted where 93 primary health workers were upskilled in diabetes eye disease</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Pacific outreach calendar
All regions
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
MEC at Wainibokasi Hospital, Nausori
6th February - 4th March, 2023
MEC at Sigatoka Hospital, Sigatoka
6th - 25th March, 2023
MEC at Rakiraki Hospital, Rakiraki
27th March - 27th May, 2023
PEI Service Delivery Outreach - Labasa Hospital
1st - 6th May, 2023
MEC at Tavua Hospital, Tavua
29th May - 22nd July, 2023
PEI Teaching Outreach - Ba Hospital
11th - 17th June, 2023
MEC at Ba Hospital (Aspen), Ba
24th July - 7th September, 2023
Dates are subject to change. Please contact us to confirm.
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Who we support
Read about the people whose lives have changed thanks to our generous donors.
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Patient story
Aariv and Kiaan's story
Age 12 and 9, Fiji
Two brothers can now see again. Their young lives transformed.
Patient story
Asilika's story
Nadi, Fiji
A devoted mother and grandmother. Asilika can see her family clearly again.
Team Fred story
Dr Antonio's story
Ophthalmologist, Tonga
Thanks to a scholarship through The Foundation, Dr Antonio can train to become an eye doctor, and return to Tonga to provide much needed, high-quality eye care.
Team Fred story
Moses's story
Ophthalmic Clinician, Papua New Guinea
After graduating at the end of 2021, Moses is now a qualified Ophthalmic Clinician and seeing patients in a province close to his home.
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