FOOTPRINTS - Projects run by The Fred Hollows Foundation

The Indigenous Australia Program - Eye Care Workforce Development Initiative Australia

This project supports increased investment in and access to culturally appropriate eye care services for underserved Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, through training and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health staff.

AUD 25,003

Raised from 4,489 people

Eliminating trachoma and improving eye health access in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Australia

Australia is the only developed country to have blinding trachoma. This disease is one of poverty that can be easily avoided through access to clean water, efficient housing, and education.

AUD 25,035

Raised from 4,057 people

Close the gap in eye health for Indigenous Australians Australia

For decades, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have experienced lower health outcomes than non-indigenous Australians. Through this project the Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to tackling significant eye health issues for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

AUD 20,002

Raised from 5,701 people

Help eliminate avoidable blindness in Ethiopia Ethiopia

This project is part of the The Fred Hollows Foundation's work to eliminate trachoma from Ethiopia by 2020 and will reach the most remote communities by upskilling the existing health workforce and deploying small surgical teams across the country to screen for trachoma and conduct surgery.

AUD 20,011

Raised from 5,851 people

Restore sight in Kenya Kenya

This project will go towards helping the critical backlog of 100,000 people waiting for sight-restoring surgery in Kenya and remove barriers for the rural population to good eye health.

AUD 20,002

Raised from 6,178 people

Reduce Avoidable Blindness in the Philippines Philippines

This project will reach poor and marginalised communities in the Philippines, delivering health services and empowering local people to end avoidable blindness.

AUD 20,011

Raised from 6,477 people

Restore Sight to Female Factory Workers in Vietnam Viet Nam

This project is working to strengthen the eye health of female factory workers in Vietnam through training medical room staff in eye care and screening, training factory management in eye health and occupational eye care and equipping factory's medical rooms with basic ophthalmic equipment.

AUD 20,061

Raised from 5,784 people

Restore Sight to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Bangladesh

This project will train more local health professionals and surgeons, who will help address the cataract surgical backlog that is estimated to affect 50,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as well as building and equipping an eye clinic inside the refugee camp.

AUD 20,021

Raised from 6,158 people

Eliminate Avoidable Blindness in Ethiopia Ethiopia

This project will work to address the eye health crisis in Ethiopia by performing surgeries, distributing antibiotics, educating communities about hygiene and sanitation, and investing in infrastructure such as running water and working toilets.

AUD 20,053

Raised from 6,391 people

Restore Sight to Children in Vietnam Viet Nam

This project will improve eye health care for children aged 6-15 across three provinces of Vietnam through conducting screenings, providing glasses and treatments, as well as educating the community in eye health practices.

AUD 20,045

Raised from 6,005 people

Reduce Avoidable Blindness in Cambodia Cambodia

This project will establish vision centres at district and provincial hospitals where eye care services are sorely needed, as well as train eye care specialists to staff these centres.

AUD 20,078

Raised from 6,598 people

Deliver Eye Care to Remote Indigenous Communities Australia

This project will be working to improve the quality, quantity and delivery of eye health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in regional and remote Western Australia.

AUD 20,028

Raised from 6,747 people

Increase Access to Eye Care for Indigenous Australians Australia

This project will work to deliver expanded outreach ophthalmology visits across the Top End of the Northern Territory to alleviate the burden of avoidable blindness on remote Indigenous communities.

AUD 20,091

Raised from 6,568 people

Restoring Sight in Indigenous Australia Australia

Your contribution will help The Fred Hollows Foundation end avoidable blindness and improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.

AUD 20,017

Raised from 5,991 people

Eliminating blinding Trachoma in Ethiopia Ethiopia

Trachoma is a painful, infectious eye disease which can cause permanent blindness. Right now more than 76 million people in Ethiopia are at risk.

AUD 25,161

Raised from 6,750 people

Laos Comprehensive Eye Care Project Lao PDR

To expand the Comprehensive Eye Care Project into three additional provinces of Northern Laos to address key priorities for eye health aimed at the elimination of avoidable blindness by 2020.

AUD 20,022

Raised from 5,627 people

Improving Sight for Indigenous Australians Australia

To deliver expanded outreach ophthalmology visits across the Top End of the NT to alleviate the burden of avoidable blindness and eye health problems in remote Indigenous communities.

AUD 25,065

Raised from 7,534 people

Vietnam Eye Care Development Program Viet Nam

The project aims to contribute to improvements in eye health in Vietnam by supporting local health authorities to strengthen eye health services across 11 provinces.

AUD 15,000

Raised from 3,801 people

Restoring sight to Indigenous Australians, NT Australia

Trachoma is a severely painful disease and the largest infectious cause of blindness in the world. This major project runs over several years and aims to eliminate trachoma in 10 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory through a treatment strategy called S.A.F.E: Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environment.

AUD 30,026

Raised from 7,403 people

Geta Eye Hospital, regional Nepal Nepal

This project aims to strengthen the local district Geta Eye Hospital’s (GEH) ability to provide quality, affordable eye health services with a focus on poor and marginalized groups in Kailali, Dadeldhura, Baitadi districts in remote Western Nepal

AUD 30,010

Raised from 7,277 people

Cambodia School Eye Health Education Program Cambodia

This program will target 650,000 kids in schools across five provinces with a focus on raising awareness of eye health problems, encouraging early intervention and preventing future vision loss.

AUD 15,002

Raised from 3,568 people

Restoring sight to Indigenous Australians, NT Australia

Trachoma is a severely painful disease and the largest infectious cause of blindness in the world. This major project runs over several years and aims to eliminate trachoma in 10 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory through a treatment strategy called S.A.F.E: Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environment.

AUD 25,007

Raised from 9,444 people

Restoring sight to Indigenous Australians, NT Australia

Trachoma is a severely painful disease and the largest infectious cause of blindness in the world. This project aims to eliminate trachoma in 10 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory through a treatment strategy called S.A.F.E: Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environment.

AUD 25,000

Raised from 11,161 people

Childhood Blindness Prevention, Bangladesh Bangladesh

Improve the delivery of and access to childhood blindness services at the Dhaka National Institute of Ophthalmology and Jamalpur District Hospital including 400 sight-saving surgeries and 3,000 pairs of children's spectacles.

AUD 25,003

Raised from 11,226 people

Indigenous childhood anaemia, Northern Territory Australia

The Fred Hollows “Sprinkles” program addresses the serious issue of early childhood anaemia by providing an easy to use dietary supplement that will significantly improve the health outcomes of Indigenous children.

AUD 42,804

Raised from 19,255 people

Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp, Dhading Nepal

This project will provide funding for basic eye care services in rural and remote areas of Nepal, including day to day services and an Outreach Microsurgical Eye Clinic (OMEC) where hundreds of patients will have access to screening and surgical procedures.

AUD 26,100

Raised from 11,240 people

Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp, Sindhu Nepal

This project will fund an Outreach Microsurgical Eye Camp where patients living in remote areas of Sindhu district, Nepal will have access to screening and surgical procedures, plus support for the Sindhu Community Eye Centre.

AUD 24,487

Raised from 10,062 people

Train 260 community eye health workers, Eastern Cape South Africa

Developing sustainable local capacity to strengthen blindness prevention work in the Eastern Cape of South Africa by training 12 ophthalmic nurses, 30 professional nurses and 210 community health workers

AUD 39,627

Raised from 13,815 people

Indigenous Education program, Katherine Australia

Improve health outcomes by facilitating learning and literacy opportunities through music. The project will provide musical instruments/equipment for an after-hours music program for remote Indigenous youth.

AUD 18,002

Raised from 7,022 people

Blindness prevention program Viet Nam

Setting up an eye care unit to train local doctors, providing examination and surgical equipment and subsidising 100 cataract surgeries in Tien Phuoc mountainous district.

AUD 8,004

Raised from 3,072 people

Blindness prevention program, Cambodia Cambodia

Restore sight to 100 people who are needlessly blind in Cambodia, most of whom suffer from cataracts which can be easily cured.

AUD 7,003

Raised from 2,456 people

Projects for The Fred Hollows Foundation

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AUD 25,003

AUD 25,035

AUD 20,002

AUD 20,011

AUD 20,002

AUD 20,011

AUD 20,061

AUD 20,021

AUD 20,053

AUD 20,045

AUD 20,078

AUD 20,028

AUD 20,091

AUD 20,017

AUD 25,161

AUD 20,022

AUD 25,065

AUD 15,000

AUD 30,026

AUD 30,010

AUD 15,002

AUD 25,007

AUD 25,000

AUD 25,003

AUD 42,804

AUD 26,100

AUD 24,487

AUD 39,627

AUD 18,002

AUD 8,004

AUD 7,003