Seeing without limits
Seeing without borders is a non-profit association that was founded in 2000 by the Graz ophthalmologists Christoph Faschinger and Martin Eckhardt. 40 million people worldwide are blind , around half of them from cataracts , an age-related clouding of the lens that can be surgically corrected. This option often does not exist in poor countries and is specifically offered by the organization. For this purpose, the members of the association carry out eye operations in developing countries or in countries where there is insufficient medical care for the population .
Purpose of the association
- Research and teaching tasks, scientific publications in the field of ophthalmology
- Performing eye operations free of charge outside of Austria
- Organization of scientific lectures, courses, seminars, information events, conferences and discussions
- Purchase of documents, materials and devices that are used to carry out research projects and to prepare scientific publications and lectures, as well as to create subject-related teaching and learning aids.
Previous activities - Eye Camps
So far 50 eye camps have been organized. A camp usually lasts about 1 week, during a camp usually between 100 and 300 eyes are operated on. Most operations involve cataracts (cataracts).
- Namibia: Grootfontein 2000, 2015 Engela District 2004 and 2012, Opuwo 2005, Katima Mulilo 2006, 2015 Rundu 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019, Ondangwa 2008, Oshakati 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Keetmanshoop 2011, 2014, Oshikuku 2016
- Zimbabwe , Chipinge 2001
- Zambia , Ndola 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, Livingstone 2005, Mufulira 2009,
- Nepal, Dhulikhel 2008, Lukla 2009 and 2010, Khunde 2008, 2011 and 2013
- Tanzania, Mombo / Kwalukongwe 2010, 2011 and 2013, Moshi 2010, Dar Es Salaam 2011
- Nigeria, Ihitte Uboma 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Even before the founding of the association, later members organized eye camps in Rumginae, Papua New Guinea (1997) and Oshakati , Namibia (1998).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seeing without frontiers - Vision without frontiers , accessed on November 9, 2011.