About The Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation has a vision for a world where no
one is needlessly blind, and Indigenous Australians enjoy the same
health and life expectancy as other Australians.
The Fred Hollows Foundation is inspired by the work of the late
Professor Fred Hollows (1929-1993).
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Professor Fred Hollows examines a patient while Dr Sanduk Ruit
watches on.
Photo: Jonathan Chester/Extreme Images
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Fred was an eye doctor, a skilled surgeon of international
renown and a social justice activist who championed the right of
all people to high quality and affordable eye care and to good
health.
Fred was committed to improving the health of Indigenous
Australians and to reducing the cost of eye health care and
treatment in developing countries. He had already
started project work in Eritrea, Vietnam and Indigenous
Australia before he died.
Since those early days, The Foundation has gone on to work with
countries throughout Africa, Asia (South and South East) and
Australia focusing on blindness prevention and Australian
Indigenous health.
Through reducing the cost of cataract operations to as little as
$25 in some developing countries, we have helped to restore the
sight of more than 1,000,000 people worldwide, and have
manufactured over four million intraocular lenses.
With the help of our supporters, The Foundation reached more
people last year than ever before. Our record results in 2010
include:
- Looking into the eyes of 1,310,226 people
- Performing 194,903 eye operations and treatments
- Training 12,961 medical and support staff
- Providing $3,475,629 worth of essential medical equipment
- Building or upgrading 41 eye health facilities
- Carrying out successful eye programs in the Northern Territory,
and new initiatives to 'close the gap' in life expectancy between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Strengthening our programs in countries including Nepal,
Eritrea and Vietnam.
For more information please visit www.hollows.org.au