Combat Blindness International is committed to improving women’s equity in the world through initiatives like the Certified Ophthalmic Personnel Program. We are thrilled that we have the opportunity to help women grow. In honor of International Women’s Day, we have…
Through CBI’s partnership with Sitapur Eye Hospital, men, women and children from rural areas of India are able to have a chance at sight. Recently, in partnership with Sitapur Eye Hospital, Combat Blindness International was able to restore sight to…
Usually, babies learn to walk by falling every now and then; young Munna’s parents also thought that his falling was natural when he started learning to walk. One day while walking though, he almost injured himself against a wall; that’s when…
Bryce de Venecia, is a second-year medical school student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, hoping to practice ophthalmology upon graduation. Ever since a trip to the Philippines to visit a clinic established by his…
In late-2016, Combat Blindness International Board Member Dr. Luxme Hariharan visited the Usha Kiran Eye Hospital in Mysore, India. As a part of the CBI International Pediatric Program, the Usha Kiran Eye Hospital screens approximately 65,000 children annually. Dr. Hariharan,…
We've touched many lives through the work we do at Combat Blindness International. We chose to tell the story of Sabino, a boy from Paraguay, in pictures.
Balite and his son visited the eye clinic operated by Haiti Medical Missions of Wisconsin three days in a row. On the first day, Balite walked for miles into the town of Thiotte, where the clinic was, led the entire way by…
