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Helping Hand for Cameroon's Elderly
When Prince Bengha Martin looked around his home country of Cameroon and saw how marginalised and vulnerable the older generation had become, he decided to set up an organisation that would speak on their behalf...
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The Times Article
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Maintenance Training Course in Cameroon
March 2009 - Aravind, the Ministry of Health of Cameroon, the German cooperation GTZ and Right to Sight partnered to organise a training course on the maintenance and repair of ophthalmic equipment in Cameroon.
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BUC Student Placement to Mbingo Hospital Cameroon
March 09' - The Buskerud University College (BUC) in Norway approached Right to Sight to partner on an optometry project in Africa. Right to Sight, eager to help with the exchange facilitated that the Mbingo Baptist Hospital in Cameroon be used as the location.
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Article from Life Time Newspaper Cameroon
Apr 09'
An Article written in Cameroon in the Life Time Newspaper in April documenting the successful completion of the Equipment Maintenance Course run in collaboration with Right to SIght
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Orissa - Success Stories in Eye Care
April 2009 - Right to Sight has been involved in the capacity building and sustainable growth of JMJ-GVN Hospital since 2007. Since getting involved the Hospital has performed 9,790 surgeries and seen an incredible 70,000 Out-Patients. JMJ-GVN was the first partner of Right to Sight in Eastern India.
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Sun Business Post Article
May 09'
Article from the SUNDAY BUSINESS POST in Ireland regarding the Pilates fundraising event run by Right to Sight in May 09'
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Right to Sight Pilates Record attempt
Right to Sight held it's fist public fundraiser in Dublin in May with it's attempt to break a world record, read more...
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James Hayes runs 50km's for Right to Sight this August
In his own words “I can’t undertake such a masochistic effort without knowing that I am doing it for a worthwhile cause. Therefore, I’m going to try and raise money for Right to Sight. Will you donate money to help me run the race? Will you give me the moral energy I need to drag myself up the final, steepest stretches of the mountainside? Will you try and help me beat my extremely hopeful target of 5 hours? Will you give me encouragement to go out training on the mountainside for the next two months? And, far, far more importantly, will you aid Right to Sight to cure the blindness of thousands of unnecessarily afflicted people throughout the poorer parts of the world?”
“I won't be the only one who will be deeply grateful.”
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Article in The Irish Independent - June 09'
The Trinity Sight team, finalist of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup global student technology competition, has devised an inexpensive and innovative technology solution to the training shortage using off-the-shelf products, including remotes from the Nintendo Wii games console and a laptop.
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A group of students from Trinity College Dublin have developed a cataract surgery
training simulator for the Microsoft Imagine Cup. They have produced a
puzzle-based game utilising motion sensitive controllers that simulates the major
steps in the cataracts operation. Read more...
