“I came into the hospital the day after surgery and heard a cacophony coming from the waiting room. All our patients were chatting and laughing. I wondered what was so funny, and the nurses explained that they were all seeing each other for the first time! They were recognising each other’s voices from when they …
Q and A with A/Prof. Geoffrey Painter AM What has been Foresight’s commitment to the Solomon Islands? The Solomon Islands have been a key focus for Foresight’s work for more than 20 years. We have worked with the Solomon Islands Government and Ophthalmology Department to build a sustainable eye program with an emphasis on education, training, …
Congratulations to Foresight’s medical advisor, team leader and board member, Associate Professor Geoffrey Painter who was awarded a Member (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia for significant service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology, and to international relations, particularly to eye health in Asia and the Pacific. Assoc Prof Painter …
Two minutes with Kevin Meet our new chairman, Kevin Gardner. Thank you for your continued support and interest in Foresight and the work we do to help cure and prevent blindness, and empower the communities that we touch. This important work is only possible thanks to our donors. What role do our supporters play? Being …
35 Years On – Founder Frank’s Vision is Clear Our founder, Professor Frank Billson AO, has had a distinguished career in ophthalmology, but his work in preventing and treating blindness in the developing world is his continuing legacy. Frank says Foresight began with a letter in 1978 from Bangladeshi ophthalmologist and freedom fighter Dr Rabiul …
Update from the Philippines – April 2016 In April, our small team of volunteers including two nurses, an anaesthetist and a registrar, travelled to the Adventist Hospital at Santiago City in the Philippines under the leadership of Foresight’s medical advisor and director, Associate Professor Geoffrey Painter. “It was our fifth surgical trip to the hospital …
World Sight Day 2015 World Sight Day is the international day of awareness, held annually to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. This year, we are focussing on Eye Care for All, on everybody who needs eye care services – everybody! We need to find ways to bring eye care …
At the end of the financial year, Foresight reflects on what has been an active and successful period. You can click on the image below for some of this year’s highlights. Thank you to all of Foresight’s partners both in Australia and in-country. Thank you to Foresight’s Board who donate their time so generously, to …
During our recent surgical visit to the Philippines we met the delightful Queenie Europa. At just four years old Queenie’s vision was severely damaged when a soccer ball hit her hard in the face. Without surgery she had the potential to become completely blind in both her eyes. Queenie’s mother told us Queenie had become too …
Foresight Philippines Program Update 2015 On 25 April our team of volunteer eye specialists travelled to Adventist Hospital Santiago City, Philippines to perform sight saving cataract surgery on some of the estimated 400,000 people suffering from avoidable blindness in the Philippines. Santiago City is situated in the Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon, a rural area situated over ten hours drive north …