Through our partnership with ChooseANeed, we have received funding from a generous donor to support our eye health program based in our target Healthy Villages. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our friends at ChooseANeed who have helped us in so many ways since we started working together. This funding will allow us to train individuals in each village to identify community members with eye health issues that can be repaired, such as trachoma and cataracts. We then provide counseling and transport for these community members to undergo surgical repair of their condition and have their eyesight restored.
UVP has trained over 60 eye health educators in the Iganga District, and facilitated more than 67 surgeries such as lid rotations, foreign body removals, and cataract removals.
To learn more:
- Visit our eye health program website and donate to help us bring the gift of sight to more and more villages in eastern Uganda
- Visit the ChooseaNeed website to see UVP's featured Needs and Success Stories
- Read an article just published about ChooseANeed's work worldwide
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Thanks, we're glad to hear it!
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