PATIENT STORIES
Joseph
This is Joseph from our 2014 trip. Perhaps the most dramatic example of restored vision our team has ever experienced. Born deaf, mute and became blind early in his life,...
Angelo
This is Angelo, a young patient with congenital cataracts. His surgery would have required general anesthesia, something we were not equipped to do. However, we were able to coordinate care...
Janee
This is Janee, a local girl we got to know well. She had a crippling illness (spinal atrophy). We brought her to the US for a formal evaluation at UVA...
Noemi’s Volunteer Story
"More happy and super grateful patients like Pedro got cataract surgery! Also, more difficult news to deliver...one case that really hit home was that of an 18 year old girl...
Carmel
Carmel had a special form of skin cancer that was growing over the sight on her eye. She is now cancer free after it was surgically excised and treated with...
