"What I love about eye care is that it's a sector where you get results quickly. When a child can't see, we provide the necessary help to offer that child a brighter future. One day they are blind due to an eye disease, the next...
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...
2012: Agnes is blind and goes to school with sighted peers. Kilosa, Tanzania - Agnes is 9 years old and a very timid girl. She's blind from laucoma. Increased pressure in both eyes has damaged her optic nerves, causing her field of vision to disappear completely. Agnes...
White spots in his eyes Little Saidi lives with his parents in one of the poorest suburbs of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They live in a simple house with three other families. When we visit them, Saidi listens very carefully to the strange noises around him....
