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 […]
When and how did you get to know Eyes of the world? Why did you decided to involucrate yourself? At the end of 2007, I was studying an MBA in subspecialization in cornea and the previous segment in the Institute of Ocular Microsurgery (Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular – IMO) when I had the opportunity of […]
How and when did you meet the entity? Why did you decide to get involved? I got to know the Foundation in an ophthalmologist congress and I signed up as a volunteer. I was already cooperating with other organizations, but Eyes of the world seemed to me close, serious and professional. You are one of […]
You are more than a decade linked with Eyes of the world, Why did you decide to collaborate? How do you value your experience along these years? When they told me about the Foundation’s project for the first time, I was impressed with what it means for the people that lost their vision, to see […]
He has been eight years collaborating with Eyes of the world in Mali, where he coordinates a program for the prevention and treatment of eye pathologies through which more than75.000 patients have been attended and more than 5.000 surgeries for cataracts, trachoma/trichiasis, glaucoma, refractive defects and presbyopia have been performed. These are the most usual […]
Marc Vilarnau traveled in 2014 to Inhambane to document the work of Eyes of the world on the ground. His work was translated into the documentary Miradas, a 25-minute audiovisual that premiered on December 2 in the Cultural Section Room of El Corte Inglés of Portal de l’Àngel in Barcelona. Miradas is currently moving through […]
Doctor Giuseppe Guarnaccia is the director of ESASO and professor of retina affections in the specialized school in ophthalmology of the University Hospital San Raffaele of Milan. He is a specialist in cataracts, glaucoma and retinal diseases. Throughout his professional career he has held various positions of coordination and direction, such as the Ophthalmological Operations […]
The artist Rosa Tardiu, very sensitive to people with visual impairments, made a donation of two of her works to the Eyes of the world art collection in 2013. Since then, she has been involved with the entity. Rosa Tardiu was artistically trained at the Massana School in Barcelona and improved her knowledge with the […]
How do you assess the current health situation in the poorest countries of the world? And in the field of eye health? The data is still frightening, especially since most cases of blindness and visual impairment that exist are preventable and avoidable. Africa, especially the eastern half of the continent, and Asia are suffering a […]
Gabor is the main character of the documentary that bears his name, directed by Sebastián Alfie and produced by Minimal Films. In this documentary, Eyes of the world has a prominent role. Sebas proposed to Gabor, who lost his vision ten years ago, to be the director of photography for a documentary about the project […]
You started your collaborations with Eyes of the world in 2003. How did you get to know the Foundation? What encouraged you to participate in the commissions? I met Eyes of the world through Dr. Carlos Moser. He collaborated with the Foundation and encouraged me to participate in an expedition he was preparing. I accepted […]
How and when did you come to know the Eyes of the world Foundation? It is through a Spanish tourist agronomist that I heard about Eyes of the world, and he is the one who gave me its contact information. What do you value about the work done by Eyes of the world in your […]
