Himalayan Cataract Project: Remote Eye Camps
Himalaya cataract project
Summary
A remote eye camp will screen 1,500 patients and restore sight to 300 people in Nepal, Tibet, China, Bhutan or Northern India. Local medical providers also will receive training.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The World Health Organization estimates that 180 million people suffer from severe visual impairment (legally blind, by U.S. standards). The leading cause of blindness throughout the world is cataracts and 90% of this blindness is found in the developing world. A remote cataract surgery eye camp will restore sight to approximately 300 people in Nepal, Tibet, China, Bhutan or Northern India. Currently the project supports 5 remote eye camps per year.
Activities
A team from the Tilganga Eye Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, will travel to a remote site, screen patients for cataracts and perform free surgery to those who need it. The Tilganga team also works with local medical personnel to provide further training.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $14,255
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $10,745
Total Funding Goal: $25,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The suffering caused by blindness deeply affects the family of each unfortunate, blinded individual, especially in the Himalayas. With restored sight, many people return to work and to traditional roles in their families and societies.
Project Message
We've always kept the emphasis on teaching. It's now self-sustaining. Lots of people we’ve taught are teaching others, and even some of their students are now teaching as well.
- Geoff Tabin, M.D., Himalayan Cataract Project founder and director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Geoff Tabin
Director
PO Box 55
Waterbury, VT 05676
United States
802-649-1960
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Himalayan Cataract Project, Inc.
PO Box 55
Waterbury,
VT
5676
United States
802-522-9976
http://www.cureblindness.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Nepal
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Photos and Annual Report
By Emily R. Newick - Executive Director Himalayan Cataract Project, January 25, 2007 02:14 PM
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