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Eye Care For Africa - Te Araroa 2023 - Lejog (Lands End to John O'Groats) 2025

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Eye Care for Africa is a New Zealand registered charity aimed at providing eye care to remote parts of East Africa.

Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Niall completed Te Araroa as a fund-raising drive for Eye Care for Africa. Te Araroa is a 3008km through-hike the length of New Zealand. The main purpose was to raise funds to build a small eye clinic in Shinyanga, a remote part of Northern Tanzania. Shinyanga is hours away from the nearest eye care facility. All monies raised go to the cause with all professionals paying their own way.

About us

Eye Care for Africa was founded in 2017 by Hawkes Bay based Optometrist Niall McCormack. It was formed to provide eye care to some of the most marginalised groups in the countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya, currently concentrating on Tanzania.

Use of funds

Our goal is to build a small eye clinic in Shinyanga, Northern Tanzania.

Other page links

www.eyecareforafrica.org.nz

2026 plans 31 December 2025

2025 was a successful year for Eye Care For Africa. We managed to fund our first ever cataract surgeries and 82 have been successfully completed on the back of our 2025 trip. Our next trip will be back to Tanzania (and possibly Uganda) in August 2026.

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