Fred+Hollows+Foundation




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 * About Fred Hollows**

Fred was born on the 9th of April 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He died on the 10th of February 1993. He received most of his education at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He was an internationally renowned eye surgeon. He campaigned for an affordable standard in eye health and social justice. It specifically helps cure and prevent vision problems and blindness. Fred Hollow's aim was to create a world where indigenous and non indigenous alike could get good eyesight. This aim has been continuing for over 20 years.
 * Brief History**

The Fred Hollows Foundation, based in Australia, was founded in 1992, is a non for profit aid organization based in Australia. It operates in Australia, Pacific, South and Southeast Asia and Africa. The Foundation has programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Eritrea, Indigenous Australia, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Vanuatu, Vietnam and throughout the Pacific region (including the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga).

The Foundation is now led by Fred's wife Gabi Hollows as Fred died in 1993 as a result of metastatic renal cancer, affecting his lungs and brain.


 * Goals of the Fred Hollows Organisation**

The Hollows Foundation aims to completely end avoidable blindness,

Improve the life expectancies of Indigenous people in Australia,

Bridge the gap between health inequality in Australia


 * Work of the Fred Hollows Organisation**

The organisation aims build a strong and dynamic organisation to help and cure blindness around the world and in Australia. One of the organisations famous campaigns is that it only takes $25 to restore sight. This means that for a low price most people can bring the life changing gift of sight to someone in the world who needs it.

In Indigenous Australia in 2013 alone there were increased eye surgery rates and decreased waiting times for Australian Aboriginals to get eye surgery. Over 1,044 people in remote Indigenous communities were screened for eye diseases and were given surgery or glasses if needed. The organisation also supported 282 cataract surgeries and over 30 other sight saving procedures in the Alice Springs area and the Top End.

The Foundation also funded a new software program to assist health organisations in Alice Springs, Katherine and East Arnhem land. They even produced a short film starring Indigenous puppets to teach people in remote communities about receiving regular eye checkups.

The Foundation also created employment and training for 12 Aboriginal workers to join the Trachoma Elimination Program. They also trained 62 primary health care workers to detect eye disease and refer patients for further treatment.


 * Legacy**

The foundation have recently developed the Arclight, a solar powered ophthalmoscope which costs as little as $9. This means that even the most under resourced eye health worker can help detect. The arclight can detect things like cataracts and glaucoma. Also as a legacy of the Foundation World Sight Day was created on the October 9th. The foundation continues to provide eye care and sight saving surgery to this day.