Ghana
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Ghana faces a significant shortage of eye care professionals and uneven access to services, especially in rural areas. Common eye conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, and uncorrected refractive errors are prevalent, yet often go untreated due to cost, lack of awareness, or limited infrastructure. Children’s vision needs are underserved, and public education on eye health remains low.
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Our partners include St. Thomas Eye Hospital, where we have donated consumables and are currently collaborating on an eye clinic in Takoradi. We also partner with UTSA for an annual outreach eye camp each September, providing eye equipment, consumables, and glasses. In addition, we support the University of Optometry in Kumasi by contributing to their program for training residents. Soon, we will be sending a container of equipment to support all three of these initiatives.
All of these help us to reach sustainability, elevate eye care training for the local doctors and support great organizations with a heart to serve and make a difference in the lives of the wonderful Ghanaian population.
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UTSA
University of Optometry Kumasi
Our Partners
Current Projects
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Sending Consumables and Not-so-consumables
We have recently donated consumables to the St. Thomas Eye Hospital, supplies that help our doctors help others. We are also currently collaborating on an eye clinic in Takoradi with them, building a clinic which will be designed to not be so easily consumed and have a long-lasting impact.
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Annual Outreach
Recently we partnered with UTSA for an annual outreach eye camp, as we do each September, providing eye equipment, consumables, and glasses for those who need it most.
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Doctors In Training
We support the University of Optometry in Kumasi by contributing to their program for training residents, building up the eye doctors of the future.
Our Team
Juliet Nalubowa
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“Working as Director for CharityVision Uganda allows me to see the beautiful smiles of my people regain sight and hope after a long time of blindness. Thanks to CharityVision, we can help those with curable blindness.”
Ghana’s
Annual
Report 2024
GLASSES DONATED:
2,174
OUTREACHES:
98
PATIENTS SCREENED:
38,000
SURGERIES PERFORMED:
1,587
See all annual reports here.
Stories from the field
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Cataract Kit Donations
In many government hospitals, patients must purchase their own materials, costing $60-$75—an impossible amount for the world’s poorest. Dr. Kalinaki received 500 surgical kits to bless the lives of thousands of low-income individuals in his community.
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Uganda's Programs are Growing
CharityVision partners with local physicians to empower medical communities. The Ophthalmology Society of Uganda signed a partnership agreement to receive social patients every month!
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New Equipment for Partners
CharityVision takes care of its partners! We donated an eye care tonometer to the Mbarara Clinic. This allows them to measure the pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure) during the outreaches.
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Run For Sight!
CharityVision Uganda ran a marathon alongside the GAF Foundation to raise awareness of curable blindness. What a fun way to celebrate World Sight Day!
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Uganda's First SightBuddies
The Sibuse Primary School welcomed our SightBuddies program, in partnership with the GAF Eye Health Foundation, to assist 170 children! Despite having limited resources and a small team, they identified cases of refractive errors, allergies, and cataracts, and referred students for further care.
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A Brighter Future Through Clearer Vision
Wamamili Michael is a 15-year-old student at Bubutu Primary School. Michael was diagnosed with very high myopic astigmatism in both eyes. This made it extremely difficult for him to succeed at school. Thanks to the screening and support from our program, Michael can now see. He shared that he’s determined to improve his grades in the final exams—and with his new glasses, he finally has a clear path forward.
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