Miren Rodríguez, a historian, is coordinator of the territorial delegation of Eyes of the world in the Basque Country – Munduko begiak -, headquartered in Bilbao. An energetic, committed and always predisposed woman. Miren knows Basque society and faces with optimism and tenacity the task of bringing the vulnerability of eye health in the territories […]
Nicolás Cortés is a historian (specifically a historian of Africa) who has worked in the field of international cooperation since 1994, when he started working in trade unions and NGOs. Afterwards, he started his professional work at the City Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobegrat as the councilman of Cooperation, and is now the director of […]
Embarcalina Saluh (Bakina) is the joint coordinator for Eyes of the world Foundation in the Sahrawi refugee camps. This type of role was almost unthinkable for a woman in the Sahara due to the social and cultural prejudices. In this interview, she talks about her experience as a working woman in an environment where there […]
Tapuwa Gundana, born in Maputo (Mozambique), is currently performing her medical residence specialized in Ophthalmology at the Maputo Central Hospital. Honoring its commitment with Eyes of the world to train local professionals, Dr. Gundana has done an internship of four months in the Ocular Microsurgery Institute (OMI), thanks to the financing of the Gulbenkian Foundation. […]
Isaki Lacuesta, acclaimed Spanish director who works in documentaries, feature films and video art, author of critically acclaimed films as The Legend of Time, The Double Steps, The Next Skin and Between Two Waters, has collaborated as a volunteer in the testimonials for our foundation’s 500,000 + 500,000 campaign. Two Golden Shells in the San […]
Mónica Lecumberri is a Catalan ophthalmologist who graduated in medicine and surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since becoming a volunteer in 2014, she has joined several of the ophthalmic expeditions Eyes of the world sends to the countries where a program is running. Dr. Lecumberri has travelled to places where people have lost […]
Queco Novell is a Catalan journalist, actor and comedian. He was born in Barcelona in 1963. After completing his journalism studies in the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he was a news anchor in TVE’s Catalan afternoon news broadcast. Later, he worked in Minoria absoluta, RAC 1’s political parody radio program. He’s currently playing different political […]
The Eyes of the world art fund Visions has an audiovisual piece donated by Marina Núñez. So, we couldn’t miss her solo exhibition and ask her a few questions about her work and her opinions about our Foundation. Last May, you opened an exhibition in RocioSantaCruz Gallery. Was it your first solo exhibition in Barcelona? […]
How did you start cooperating in the Eyes of the world Tarija project, and what is it about? I began my work for the Foundation in April 2016. I’m a psychologist and I coordinate eye health prevention workshops and conferences for children, little girls and teenagers. I also train teachers to do visual acuity tests, […]
María has spent six months in refugee camps in Sahara. We’d like to learn more about her professional and personal experience there. It’s not the first time you work in a field commission. How long have you been cooperating with the Foundation? How did you start working with them? My cooperation began in Guinea Bissau […]
Dr. Fatoumata was born in Bamako (Republic of Mali). She works as a pediatric ophthalmologist in the African Tropical Ophthalmology Institute (IOTA) in Bamako. She was our guest in Barcelona to offer her training in that medical specialty in IMO, in Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, and in Dr. Noguer’s office, in keeping with Eyes […]
When and why did you start to collaborate with Eyes of the world? I knew about the Foundation through the initiative Alumni Solidari from EDASE just when it started in its first edition around 2006. What encouraged you to keep supporting the Foundation as a volunteer? The inequality we are living in. It comes to […]
