Cure Blindness in 1000 Poor Cambodians

HOW YOUR HELP HELPS CURE BLINDNESS.Yes, blindness can not only be cured in many cases,but also prevented with proper eye care.

 One of the hospitals THE BLINDNESS FOUNDATION  (please see more pictures on Facebook  theblindnessfoundaton /newport beach ) we collaborate withh treats over 4000 disadvantaged patients a year in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia.

Our work entails training the young Eye Doctor Residents at Hospitals and the University of Health Sciences to improve the quality and reliability of eye care for the urban and rural poor. Their need is great, even in such basic training as optics, which is essential to understanding how cataract surgery and eyeglasses work.

THE BLINDNESS FOUNDATION has been invited back into Cambodia this fall and we will be getting over 200 cataract lens implants donated along with much needed medical/surgical supplies to cure the cataract blind in Phnom Penh.

One of the projects we have been asked to work with the local eye Doctors is the problem of cataracts occurring at a much earlier age in the people in Cambodia than what is seen here in the US.

Malnutrition in all its forms , including aberrations of the 'western' diet, together with lifestyle differences will be thoroughly reviewed to help the local Eye Doctors counsel and treat their patients more effectively.

 So, this is where YOU the donor exert your effect on results. Shipping medical supplies is expensive and every donation counts. Reaching out and training the young Eye Doctors takes time and money, but the multiplier effect is great.

-As Dr Walter Reeed the discover of yellow fever was reputed to have said:-

" Alone as one Doctor I can treat and save 10 patients, but, if I train TEN Doctors , then I can treat and save ONE HUNDRED patients.".

So, please help make a difference in Cambodia and save someone's eyesight.

 Bless you,

 DR CHRISTOPHER LYON

• Young Cambodian boy being treated for eye injury (PDF)