Guaranteeing the quality of eye care provided by its partner clinics and reaching as many patients as possible are still the cornerstones of Light for the World's work. Such ambitious goals cannot be reached without continuous training of the clinic staff. The ‘eye-coaching’ project in...
19-year-old Rwandese, Angélique Nyanzira, lives with her parents in the north of Rwanda, in the village of Nyakiriba, in the Burera district. She has three sisters and three brothers and loves to cook. Her eyesight has been declining progressively over the last two years. In the...
Alvera is a 78-year-old Rwandese grandmother. Widowed since 1997, she lives with her 4-year-old granddaughter close to the small plot of land she likes to cultivate. [caption id="attachment_11612" align="alignleft" width="300"] Grandma Alvera has been practically blind for more or less two years. She feels dependent on...
52-year-old Tanzanian Zainabu lives in the village of Mletele in the Ruvuma region (in the southeast of Tanzania). She has been blind for seven years. She tells us that it happened gradually. "In the beginning, I didn't mind all that much because I could still sell my...
From 2017 to 2021, Light for the World ran an ambitious programme called 'Future in Sight'. This programme was made possible by the Belgian Development Cooperation. SPECIFIC GOALS With a total budget of €6.5 million over five years (2017-2021), the programme established partnerships in Congo, Rwanda and...
Joseph Banzi, country director in Tanzania [caption id="attachment_9664" align="alignright" width="225"] Joseph Banzi with one of our itinerant teachers.[/caption] A step forward in the development of Light for the World Tanzania. In 1997, when Light for the World was founded, we started working with partners in Tanzania. We...
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Light for the World was able to purchase important equipment for three of our partner eye clinics. [caption id="attachment_9628" align="alignright" width="298"] Kabgayi Eye Unit's two new operating chairs.[/caption] The Mwangaza eye clinic is one of the few in Congo where...
Papa Maurice is 74 years old, lives in a remote village in the middle of the Congolese bush and is completely blind. There is no access to eye care in this region. The local dispensary only has some eye ointment that is of no use...
Rwandan doctor Livin Uwemeye is studying ophthalmology at the Tanzanian University KCMUCo (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College) with a scholarship funded by Light for the World. Once he gets his diploma, he will join the team at the Kabgayi Eye Unit in Rwanda. He is 31 years...
When Kasongo Mwenzes sight blurred, it had immediately far-reaching consequences for himself and his environment. The 31-year-old farmer from Mushimba, a village about 80 km from Kolwezi, became completely blind in a few months’ time as a result of cataract in both eyes. Consequently, he...
