Cure Blindness Project's model begins with bringing high-quality care to those who need it most. Globally, 43 million people are blind—80% of this burden is treatable or preventable. Unfortunately, 90% of people suffering from vision loss live in low- and middle-income countries where a solution isn’t available.
Cure Blindness Project co-founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit is credited as being the first Nepali doctor to perform modern cataract surgery with a sight restoring lens implant. He went on to adapt modern techniques for remote settings still maintaining the same high quality and low cost. This evolution in medical care for the poor became the basis for Cure Blindness Project’s patient care model that is now replicated in other low- and middle-income countries.
Cure Blindness Project outreach goals are to provide the highest quality eye care to as many people as possible.
Surgical Outreaches
Since 1995, Cure Blindness Project with partners has worked to cure blindness in 30 countries across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Resulting in:
Sight restoring surgeries
Eye Screenings
Corneas provided through eye bank partners for transplant
Cure Blindness Project
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PO Box 863
Norwich, VT 05055
USA
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The Himalayan Cataract Project (dba Cure Blindness Project) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; Tax ID 03-0362926. Your gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Principal photography provided by Ace Kvale, Michael Amendolia, and other photojournalists who have generously supported our work. Site design and development by Flannel
