Thank you for helping build a larger health force
As a Visionary, you will help train future ophthalmologists to help tackle the millions of people impacted by avoidable blindness. Your support means that more people than ever will access crucial eye health services.
“Teach the teachers first. Then the teachers can teach others.”
- Fred Hollows
Fred believed that there should always be three people in a room: a teacher, a student, and a patient. Fred knew that training more eye health workers and surgeons was the only way to end avoidable blindness. As a Visionary, your support is helping do just that.
Ophthalmologist Dr Sanduk Ruit is a living example of the profound impact training can have on the lives of people with avoidable blindness.
Dr Ruit came to Australia to train with Fred more than 30 years ago. Together, the two surgeons started an eye care revolution, training local surgeons in modern cataract surgery techniques to treat thousands living with avoidable blindness.
Training more eye health workers is at the heart of what we do, as it ties in directly with what Fred believed: train one surgeon and they’ll train hundreds more.
One eye surgeon can restore sight to as many as 2,200 people every year, and they can also train others to do the same. By investing in training, you are ensuring that thousands more people are spared from avoidable blindness.
Thanks to Visionaries like you, in 2020, The Foundation helped train 15,358 surgeons, nurses, community health workers and teachers.
We can't wait to achieve more with the support of Visionaries like you.
