Cataracts affect over 3.5 million people in Indonesia, causing partial or total blindness. The cure, in the vast majority of cases, is no more complicated than a twenty minute operation. Mobile clinics offer cataract sufferers in rural communities the opportunity to be seen by specialist surgeons and cataracts can be removed, restoring sight, quickly and easily.
"The John Fawcett Foundation and its Indonesian counterpart, the Yayasan
Kemanusiaan Indonesia, is a...
more »Cataracts affect over 3.5 million people in Indonesia, causing partial or total blindness. The cure, in the vast majority of cases, is no more complicated than a twenty minute operation. Mobile clinics offer cataract sufferers in rural communities the opportunity to be seen by specialist surgeons and cataracts can be removed, restoring sight, quickly and easily.
"The John Fawcett Foundation and its Indonesian counterpart, the Yayasan
Kemanusiaan Indonesia, is a humanitarian foundation which assists needy people in Indonesia, particularly those with medical problems. It offers its
assistance to people in the lower socio-economic group free of charge and
without religious, political or ethnic consideration."
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