Interviews

  • Rebeca Atienza, ophthalmologist

    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 […]

  • Carol Camino, optometrist, specialized in low vision

    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 […]

  • Marta Serra, artist and volunteer

    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 […]

  • Albert Coulibaly, Eyes of Mali project coordinator [April 2016]

    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, audiovisual producer [December 2015]

    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 […]

  • Giuseppe Guarnaccia, director of ESASO [September 2015]

    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 […]

  • Rosa Tardiu, painter [June 2015]

    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 […]

  • Gabor Bene, director of photography [September 2014]

    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 […]

  • Olga Valverde, nurse [June 2014]

    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 […]

  • Adama Issaka Guindo, ophthalmologist [March 2014]

    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 […]

  • Franck Bacin, ophthalmologist [June 2013]

    Dr. Bacin has just returned from Mali. At his 67 years of age, this is the third time that he has been in the Tropical Africa Ophthalmological Institute (IOTA) within the framework of the training activities that the Foundation has been running since 2008 and which are part of the eye health improvement project in […]