In rural Togo, cataract blindness affects entire families. Sight.org’s mobile surgery outreach helps restore sight, reduce caregiving burdens, and support families as they move forward together.
In rural Togo, many people living with cataract blindness cannot reach hospital care. Sight.org brings mobile cataract surgery closer to patients’ homes, removing major barriers and helping restore sight in remote communities.
Sight.org’s mobile cataract surgery model is designed to do more than meet immediate needs. Through African leadership, doctor training, and faithful stewardship, the work continues one patient, one doctor, and one village at a time.
Sight.org exists to restore sight, share the gospel, and train local doctors so rural communities across West Africa can receive care close to home.
After six months of blindness, Moustapha received cataract surgery through Sight.org and can now return to daily life, work, and family with restored sight.
Sight.org Founder and President Lewis Swann joined East Texas Now to discuss the wider impact of Ebola outbreaks and why fear can affect communities far from reported cases.
After years of feeling different because of a white cataract, 13-year-old Zakan received surgery through Sight.org’s outreach and experienced what she called a small miracle.
After more than two years of cataract blindness, Kabafei Tchilabalo regained his sight and can once again see his wife and children.
After years of seeing with only one eye, Rose regained her sight through cataract surgery and can now work independently as a hairdresser again.
After months without sight and after losing her mother just days before surgery, Amahaya regained her vision through Sight.org’s outreach in Togo.
After a cataract kept him from seeing the board at school and playing soccer, Boukari regained clear sight through Sight.org’s outreach in rural Togo.
After a traumatic cataract threatened both his vision and his ability to provide for his family, young farmer Fefelga regained his sight through Sight.org’s outreach in rural Togo.