Thank you to everyone who attended our quiz night on Friday November 1st in Havelock North. It was a complete sell-out and a huge success with over $12,000 raised! Framed pictures of our recent trip to Tanzania raised around $2,000. Remember, all professionals who donate their time to work in East Africa pay their own travel and expenses!
Plans are being finalised to provide our first teaching session to a small group of health professionals in December 2024. This will start the process of training in refraction skills so they can provide sustainable eye care to the local populations in remote North-West Tanzania, in areas without any current eye-care services.
Our team has recently returned from Tanzania in what was a very successful trip. Eye care was provided to the remote areas of Shinyanga, Raranya and Eluwai. Niall was joined by recent optometry graduate Lillian Lei from Whanganui and Hawkes Bay GP, Dr Peter Culham. Plans are already underway for a trip in late 2024. This will be a teaching project helping to train selected local people to learn the basic skills of refraction. This will help with the sustainability of eye care in these regions.
Brilliant news. So happy to hear your new clinic is up and running.
Love where your project is heading to empower the local community. Well done
Great news! - following the money raised on the successful Te Araroa walk, our eye clinic in remote Tanzania is now built. However, we now need to equip it with the technology required to provide eye care to the many needy folk in the Shinyanga area.
We also have our first post-COVID trip leaving New Zealand on May 11th. A team of 12 is heading to Tanzania to work around the Shinyanga area. The team comprised of 2 optometrists, Lillian Lei and Niall McCormack, and a local Hawkes Bay GP, Dr Peter Culham. If you're keen to support, please don't hesitate to contact us!
Great news! Thanks to the funds raised so far, plans are well and truly advanced for the building of our small clinic in Shinyanga in remote Tanzania. Watch this space!
Niall completed Te Araroa (a 3026km walk the length of New Zealand) on March 7th. An amazing experience that took just over 4 months.
The main purpose of the walk was to raise awareness and funds for Eye Care For Africa. Donations can be made by following the link below.
Haha the absolute commitment to that photo! Love it! Congrats Niall!
The victorious smile says it all. Congratulations Niall. What a wonderful human you are
