3-year-old Mariya plays with a medical equipment following her eye checkup in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photographed by Louis Leeson / Orbis
Photo Title: 3-year-old Mariya plays with a medical equipment following her eye checkup in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photographed by Louis Leeson / Orbis
Submitted by: Louis Leeson
Category: Professional
Country: United Kingdom
Organisation: Orbis International
COVID-19 Photo: No
Photo Caption: When Mariya was just two years old, her mother noticed a white spot in her left eye. Mariya seemed uncomfortable and was constantly scratching the eye. She was diagnosed with cataract. After was referred to the Orbis-supported Magrabi Eye Institute, she had a successful cataract surgery during an Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Programme in Yaounde. The bubbly three-year-old started school a few weeks after her surgery.
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Photo uploaded from the #HopeInSight Photo Competition on photocomp.iapb.org held for World Sight Day 2020.
3-year-old Mariya plays with a medical equipment following her eye checkup in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photographed by Louis Leeson / Orbis
Photo Title: 3-year-old Mariya plays with a medical equipment following her eye checkup in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photographed by Louis Leeson / Orbis
Submitted by: Louis Leeson
Category: Professional
Country: United Kingdom
Organisation: Orbis International
COVID-19 Photo: No
Photo Caption: When Mariya was just two years old, her mother noticed a white spot in her left eye. Mariya seemed uncomfortable and was constantly scratching the eye. She was diagnosed with cataract. After was referred to the Orbis-supported Magrabi Eye Institute, she had a successful cataract surgery during an Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Programme in Yaounde. The bubbly three-year-old started school a few weeks after her surgery.
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Photo uploaded from the #HopeInSight Photo Competition on photocomp.iapb.org held for World Sight Day 2020.