Mission Diary 2014, Zabzugu, Ghana

January 25, 2014 It is 2:50 AM and I am at 36,000 feet with an airspeed of 581 miles per hour.  The Captain says there are strong winds and my thoughts drift to the beloved character of Mary Poppins.  And like her, I too am being carried to a

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Mission Diary 2012, Ourossogie, Senegal

This year our group went to a small town in the Eastern part of Senegal called Ourossogie. Ivy, one of the Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV) who was with us last year, offered to organize a mission there. She said that to her knowledge, there had never been any cataract

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Mission ophthalmology report 2012, Ourossogie, Senegal

This mission was organized in Senegal by the Peace Corps with close cooperation with Dr Abdulaziz Diallo, ophthalmologist and dr Sall, the ophthalmic technician from the Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Ourossogie, Senegal. From the US, five members of the nonprofit organization “Right to Sight and Health” participated: Pamela

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Rapport Camp Cataracte 2012 Ourossogie, Senegal

RAPPORT D’ACTIVITE Dans le cadre de la coopération tripartite entre le Centre Hospitalier Régional de Ourossogie, l’équipe d’ophtalmologistes de l’ONG (Right to Sight and Health) des Etats-Unis  et les Volontaires de la Corps de la Paix s’est déroulées du 3 a 14 de septembre 2012. Nous avons opérée 115

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Mission ophthalmology report 2011 Bakel, Senegal

This mission was organized in Senegal by the Peace Corps with close cooperation with Oumar Tall Kane, the the ophthalmic technician from the Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Bakel, Senegal. We did a cataract mission in Bakel in 2007 with the help of the Peace Corps and Dr Kane,

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Mission diary 2011, Tonga, Cameroon

Last year when we were in Ghana, our group was asked by Dr. Jacques Kemabia to do an eye mission in Cameroon. He is originally from there but has been working in Ghana for the past 20 years and is one of the most highly respected eye surgeons in

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Peace Corps Volunteer Article, 2011, Tambacounda, Senegal

Blinded by the Light…but not really light, it was cataracts “I never knew there were so many blind people wandering around Senegal unaccompanied.” – Tamba volunteer Now, thanks to the NGO Right to Sight and Health and 23 Peace Corps volunteers, there are 183 fewer blind eyes walking around

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