In South Sudan, a country with just six ophthalmologists for over 11 million people, the burden of blindness looms large. But through a powerful partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Wau, visionary leaders like Prof. Kenneth Lado Lino Sube, and ESCRS support from Dr. Tatjana Gerber, Dr. Mark Wevill, and Tom Ogilvie-Graham, hope is being restored—one cataract at a time.
This video follows a remarkable mobile cataract surgery program reaching underserved populations across Greater Bahr el Ghazal. With screening camps of up to 13,000 patients and 2,000 surgeries performed in just three weeks, these sight-saving efforts are critical in a country.
Get inspired by the incredible impact of charity-led, community-rooted eyecare in a region where blindness often means isolation.
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