Submitted by: Graham Coates

Country: United Kingdom

Organisation: Vision Aid Overseas

Category: Amateur

Caption: Child indicating the direction of a letter whilst screening at a school in Sierra Leone

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Submitted by: Yumin Jung

Country: Republic of Korea

Organisation: Vision Care

Category: Amateur

Caption: Eye Examination is essential!

Vision impairment and blindness could be prevented by just an eye examination.

Eye Examination in The Gambia

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Submitted by: Michela Corbo

Country: Italia

Organisation: free lance

Category: Professional

Caption: In the last few years, I\'ve been documenting the story of Maura (70) and Valentina (102), two blind women, mother and daughter, living together in Genoa, Italy. The gestures of their everyday life were always filled with an unique love. While Maura put Valentina to bed, it seemed that the two women looked at each other in the eyes intensely. Maura’s smile shone a light into the darkness.

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Submitted by: Vannsav Sun

Country: Cambodia

Organisation: Heart to Heart International in Cambodia

Category: Amateur

Caption: Thumbs up!

Old people who can see well after wearing glasses.

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Submitted by: Bruce Redman

Country: Australia

Organisation: Brien Holden Vision Institute

Category: Professional

Caption: A visually impaired Ugandan baby girl is tested at a hospital screening project.

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Submitted by: Visnurajan Balaji

Country: India

Organisation: Enlight trust

Category: Amateur

Caption: Selfie / a absolute explanation!! absence of depth perception in camera

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Submitted by: Pem Dorji Golay

Country: Bhutan

Organisation: Jomotsangkha BHU, Health sector

Category: Amateur

Caption: Checking visual acuity

#School Health Program# Jangsa Primary School

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Submitted by: Evgeny Belenkov

Country: RUSSIA

Organisation: NONE

Category: Amateur

Caption: myopia

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Submitted by: Lucky Aziken

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Vision Care Givers International Initiative

Category: Professional

Caption: Take Action For Vision... Mission to Dzaleka; hundreds of Refugees from Somalia, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Ethiopia receiving free Hi-tech eye care services and for many, it was their first-ever comprehensive eye examination. #VisionFirst #HandofHopeMalawi

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Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Countess of Wessex, Highness Sophie receives a picture frame which depicts the miraculous transformation of Baby Rishita. The baby was just 650 grams at birth. She had a very slim chance to survive, and to make things worse she was diagnosed with Retinopathy of Prematurity, which if not treated would have left her blind. Beating all odds, she not only survived but her eyesight was also saved due to timely diagnosis and treatment by the Govt Doctors of Nalagonda, Telangana, India

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Submitted by: Aleksandr

Country: Russia

Organisation: Teacher

Category: Amateur

Caption: Macro

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: Eye screening in Katsina Nigeria

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Submitted by: Carla Ayres Musa

Country: Belize

Organisation: Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI)

Category: Amateur

Caption: Blind children swimming in the Caribbean Sea at BCVI\'s Annual Summer Camp

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: Eye screening in Katsina Nigeria

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Submitted by: Eisuke Shimizu

Country: Japan

Organisation: OUI Inc.

Category: Amateur

Caption: Two Japanese ophthalmologists, Eisuke SHIMIZU and Hiroyuki YAZU, have accompanied a volunteer cataract surgery caravan in Binh Long, Vietnam, organized by an NPO Fight For Vision in December 2018. Patients' smiles after surgery was truly unforgettable.

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Submitted by: Fatima Kyari

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Baze University

Category: Amateur

Caption: A 13-year old girl, with neglected bilateral congenital cataracts. Parents brought her because they wanted to marry her off, but the white pupils were a cosmetic blemish and her poor vision, a nuisance to their marriage hopefuls. She had successful cataract surgery in a rural outreach post in Kaduna, Nigeria

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Submitted by: SUJAN SARKAR

Country: India

Organisation: None

Category: Amateur

Caption: Suren Barman,87,from Cooch Behar,West Bengal,India had his cataract operated at free of cost through an organised medical camp.Most of the people of rural India suffer from this disease of Cataract and loose their sights for being unable to operate it due to their financial crisis.

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Submitted by: Graham Coates

Country: United Kingdom

Organisation: Vision Aid Overseas

Category: Amateur

Caption: A lady from Sierra Leone has her first eye examination

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Submitted by: Seema Sharma

Country: India

Organisation: VisionSpring

Category: Amateur

Caption: Our roads are deadly. The problem of uncorrected vision puts the lives of drivers and passengers in danger. Access to eyeglasses can make roads safer for everyone.

Pic Credit: Sandeep Biswas

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Submitted by: Carlo Zamora

Country: Philippines

Organisation:Framed Shots Camera Club

Category: Professional

Caption: Different Character, Different People but same Vision..

Portraits of men with the test glass before a free eyeglass in our community.

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Submitted by: Thong Nguyen

Country: Vietnam

Organisation: Alina Vision Vietnam

Category: Professional

Caption: A school girl at grade five attend a free eyes care event supported by Alina Vision Vietnam in 2018 in Ha Nam province. This program aims to early detected refraction error among school children and advice for appropriate treatment.

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Submitted by: Dr Rajesh Saini

Country: India

Organisation: Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: Photo captured during a School Screening Program at Govt. Girls School in Jalpaiguri , district, West Bengal after awareness session and screening.

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Submitted by: Subash Bhatta

Country: Nepal

Organisation: Geta Eye Hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: Leaving back years of darkness with both eye cataract surgery done for mature cataracts in outreach camp,Nepal.

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Submitted by: Rajan Shrestha

Country: Nepal

Organisation: BP Eye Foundation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Broken Glass...

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Submitted by: May Ho

Country: Vietnam

Organisation: Brien Holden Vision Institute

Category: Amateur

Caption: Follow my pen.....first optometry students from Hanoi Medical University testing eye movements at a school vision screening. #VisionFirst

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Submitted by: Fauzia Aziz

Country: Pakistan

Organisation: LRBT

Category: Amateur

Caption: Happy to be home after her cataract surgery!

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Submitted by: Ángeles Navarro

Country: Murcia (Spain)

Organisation: Ong Azul en Acción

Category: Amateur

Caption: Family

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Submitted by: Niina Hakkinen

Country: Finland

Organisation: -

Category: Amateur

Caption: Goggle

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Submitted by: Peter Dogsaa

Country: Ghana

Organisation: Ghana Health Service

Category: Amateur

Caption: 13 year old Barika had her refractive error corrected

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: RAAB Survey in a village of Nigeria

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Submitted by: Athiletchumi Ariamuthu

Country: Malaysia

Organisation: The Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: Refraction on a primary school student in a Chinese School

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Submitted by: May Ho

Country: Vietnam

Organisation: Brien Holden Vision Institute

Category: Amateur

Caption: Optometry student from Hanoi Medical University measuring a child's refractive error at a school vision screening. #VisionFirst #ourchildren

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Submitted by: Reena Chandra Rajpal

Country: USA/India

Organisation: Combat Blindness International

Category: Amateur

Caption: Certified Ophthalmic Paramedical Technician, from Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, taking a patient's eye pressure manually in rural outreach program in Vrindavan, India

Photo taken by Reena Chandra Rajpal, MPH, President and Executive Director of Combat Blindness International.

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Submitted by: Gourav Kant Shrivastava

Country: India

Organisation: Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital

Category: Professional

Caption: Happy Moments after Cataract Surgery of Master Shiva

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Submitted by: May Ho

Country: Vietnam

Organisation: Brien Holden Vision Institute

Category: Amateur

Caption: Third and fourth year optometry students from the Hanoi Medical University conducting a school vision screening. These students are the pioneering optometrists in Vietnam. #VisionFirst #ourchildren

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Submitted by: Purnima Rajkarnikar Sthapit

Country: Nepal

Organisation: Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology

Category: Amateur

Caption: Happy with my prosthetic eye!

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: RAAB Survey in a village of Nigeria

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: RAAB Survey in a village of Nigeria

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Submitted by: Gourav Kant Shrivastava

Country: India

Organisation: Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital

Category: Professional

Caption: After Cataract Surgery with improved sight and clear vision

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Submitted by: Graham Coates

Country: United Kingdom

Organisation: Vision Aid Overseas

Category: Amateur

Caption: Performing retinoscopy to screen school children in Sierra Leone

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Submitted by: Dr. Jannie Liza Juanillas

Country: Philippines

Organisation: OMI Ministry to the Indigenous People

Category: Amateur

Caption: Sight Saving Month offered to the Indigenous Lambangians and Tedurays Adult Learners in the Upi Maguindanao, Philippines.

It's a Thanksgiving Mission of my daughter Dr Elizha Padua, a day after her oathtaking last August 28, 2019 we fly to Cotabato to do the mission. To God be all the Glory.

#eyecareeverywhere

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Submitted by: Kevin Melanson

Country: Haiti

Organisation: The Brenda Strafford Foundation - Institut Brenda Strafford

Category: Professional

Caption: Cataract surgery in Les Cayes, Haiti.

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Submitted by: Huy Toan Nguyen

Country: Vietnam

Organisation: Optometry Vietnam

Category: Amateur

Caption: Thank you and good bye beloved teacher! First optometrist in Vietnam (L) bidding farewell to the first Vietnamese optometry graduate from the Hanoi Medical University. #VisionFirst

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Submitted by: Gourav Kant Shrivastava

Country: India

Organisation: Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital

Category: Professional

Caption: EScreening Camp in School

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Submitted by: Uday Kumar Addepalli

Country: Uganda

Organisation:Brien holden Vision Institute

Category: Amateur

Caption: Vision First

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Submitted by: Neeta Bhise

Country: Australia

Organisation: Sight For All

Category: Amateur

Caption: To launch our World Sight Day activities, we were joined by 10 powerful and inspirational South Australians, who participated in an Art Installation to raise awareness of vision impairment and blinding conditions. We were joined by His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, athletes, artists, models, business leaders, entertainers and authors for a unique photoshoot at an iconic local beach.

Our World Sight Day campaign is called the Power of 10. On 10.10, in this our 10th year, we have sponsors who will match donations up to $10,000. Together we can make a difference!

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Submitted by: Mansur Rabiu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Noor Dubai

Category: Amateur

Caption: Vision testing in Eye screening program in Nigeria

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Submitted by: Dr. Augustine Odozor

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Eye Hospital, Maiduguri

Category: Professional

Caption: Prescribing for a presbyopic patient

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Submitted by: Amit

Country: India

Organisation: NGO

Category: Professional

Caption: India is now home to the world’s largest number of blind people. In addition, nearly 30,000 blind people are added every year. Cataract is the primary cause for blindness in India. Every year approximately three million people develop cataract in India but the worst part is that almost half of these cases are curable, which when left unattended translates to complete or partial blindness. Meanwhile there is an acute shortage of donated eyes in India and nearly 60% of the eyes donated are wasted or left unused.

Chhoti the Bride, a graduate and an ardent music lover tied the knot with Rajendra Kumar Sharma, resident of Delh, a school teacher by profession,The love stories of these couple blossomed not at \'first sight\' but through their heartstrings because they are blind. Chhoti was introduced to Rajendra the Groom few months back through one of her friends.They spoke to each other over phone. Initally they spoke about education for blind people but it was through their conversation that they came closer and soon they were in love.\" His way of talking, behaviour, thoughts impressed me. It was his nature that attracted me most and I was sure that I want to marry him, said Chhoti, clad in red Banarasi and gold ornaments, with a blushing smile.She added that he being a school teacher has always inspired her to pursue higher education and encourages her to work after marriage.Rajendra Kumar Sharma dressed like a typical bengali bridegroom with dhoti, punjabi and topor said \" he is very much tensed but is loving all the wedding rituals\". \"Chhoti\'s simplicity made me fall in love with her, said Sharma, who vowed to make Chhoti an independent women.

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Submitted by: Adu Asabere W Wiredu

Country: Ghana

Organisation: Holy Family Hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: Cataract surgery done and patients ready for 1st day post op review at Ghana Holy Family Hospital- Techiman.

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