Seva supporter, Michael Buckley was in Cambodia recently and kindly offered to journey to Battambang, in the far west of the country, to see and photograph Seva's eye care programs there.
During the g
enocide, Cambodia's health care system was devastated and the country was left with just one ophthalmologist. Now Cambodia has 9 ophthalmologists serving a population of 14 million and Seva has helped train over half of them.
There are about 168,000 Cambodians who are blind — and, as is true in nearly all poor, developing countries, 80% of this blindness is due to preventable or treatable conditions such as cataract. The backlog of cataract blind is estimated to be 90,000 people and there are a further 20,000 who go blind from cataract each and every year.
View Michael's Flickr slideshow which gives a glimpse of the incredible work being done by the team in Cambodia.
enocide, Cambodia's health care system was devastated and the country was left with just one ophthalmologist. Now Cambodia has 9 ophthalmologists serving a population of 14 million and Seva has helped train over half of them.
There are about 168,000 Cambodians who are blind — and, as is true in nearly all poor, developing countries, 80% of this blindness is due to preventable or treatable conditions such as cataract. The backlog of cataract blind is estimated to be 90,000 people and there are a further 20,000 who go blind from cataract each and every year.
View Michael's Flickr slideshow which gives a glimpse of the incredible work being done by the team in Cambodia.
