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Celebrating a visionary partnership
Victoria Cox
Posted: 11 April 2013
I have just returned from my first project with Vision Aid Overseas. We were working predominantly in Southern Ethiopia at our newly opened Vision Centre in Hawassa. The Vision Centre is already seeing a large number of patients and people are travelling from far afield to access the service. The dedication and enthusiasm of the staff in Hawassa…
A new Vision Centre in Hawassa
Michele de Vaal
Posted: 22 March 2013
Welcome to the latest Ethiopia Blog. I have recently returned from working in the south of the country and I’m not sure if I like the 30 degree drop in temperature! In recent years most of my visits to Ethiopia have been as Programme Director and my time in country has mainly been spent in meetings, making site visits and getting to know…
International Women's Day in Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 11 March 2013
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting our Vision Centre in Kabwe with Dr Muma, Zambia’s National Eye Health Co-ordinator. He has been very supportive…
A week in West Africa
Jeremy Jalie
Posted: 23 January 2013
Last week I travelled to Freetown and Banjul with Vision Aid Overseas’ Programme Director for Sierra Leone, Kath Stott. We were meeting partners…
Genna and Timket in Ethiopia!
Michele de Vaal
Posted: 22 January 2013
Happy New Year Everyone! At last an updated blog for Ethiopia where they have only just celebrated Christmas and Epiphany (called Genna and Timket)…
Happy New Year from Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 11 January 2013
Dear All, A very happy new year to you all! It seems like a long while since I last wrote my blog and there’s quite a lot to tell you about. Firstly…
World Sight Day in Zambia
Karen Edwards
Posted: 18 October 2012
Hello there. I’m sitting in the office at Crawley writing this as I’m currently in the UK for our AGM and conference. I’m pleasantly…
Watch Specsavers' recycling video!
Jeremy Jalie
Posted: 17 October 2012
Our friends at Specsavers have been helping Vision Aid Overseas to promote its spectacle recycling and to explain the new processes we have put in place…
Long term volunteering in Burkina Faso
Jeremy Jalie
Posted: 15 October 2012
Last weekend I interviewed five French optical volunteers at Silmo (an annual optical exhibition) with our International Programme Director, Imran Khan.…
Vision Aid Overseas volunteers - going the extra mile!
Natalie Briggs
Posted: 1 August 2012
I imagine it will be impossible for anyone to have ignored the Olympic Games which got underway at the end of last month. A great time for London, the…
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