On January 26 at 6:30 p.m., Eyes of the world has organized a telematic round table to exchange experiences and share the gender diagnostic work the Foundation has done in recent years in the countries where it has active projects. The objective is to identify the barriers to access to eye care encountered by women […]
People’s eye health does not depend exclusively on the ophthalmic problems they may suffer, there are many conditions of visual well-being such as hygiene, food, income, gender inequality, the environment… That is why Eyes of the world has launched a new project in Mali to combat gender inequality and empower women with the ultimate goal […]
In October, the Eyes of the world team in the Sahara received a visit from the heads of the OTC of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Algeria. María Tavera, the coordinator of Eyes of the Sahara, accompanied the general coordinator of the OTC, Luisa Barrenechea, and Teodora Diamantopoulus, project manager, during […]
One of the goals of Eyes of the world is to contribute to the improvement of eye health systems and management procedures in each of the territories where it has ongoing projects. That is why a new surgery campaign will be carried out in Mozambique in 2022, in which BOOST technology will be implemented to […]
On 14 December, Eyes of the world/Munduko begiak celebrated the opening of its delegation in Pamplona in a presentation that culminated in the screening of the film Gabor at the Geltoki cultural space. The Foundation has been based in Navarre since 2013 and is registered in the Negotiated Association of Associations, Foundations and Professional Colleges […]
One of Eye of the world’s main goals is to strengthen the local population’s abilities and skills so that they become eye care professionals and that in the long run they can be self-sufficient in their territories. In order to strengthen this initiative, this year, a campaign of ophthalmologists, medical technicians, optometrists and opticians has […]
Throughout the year, many artists (who have donated to the Eyes of the world Foundation Art Fund) exhibit their creations in various exhibition spaces around the world. Congratulations from the Foundation and we are proud to see how their art continues to expand and grow day by day. Currently six of them (Joan Fontcuberta, Manel […]
In the framework of the Eyes of Mali project, in recent years, it has been seen that environmental sustainability within the world of eye health is paramount. In an area of the world where scarcity, drought and people displaced due to armed conflicts prevail, the action of Eyes of the world in reference to hygiene […]
Eyes of the world unveils a new director, Anna Barba i Giró. Graduated in Law, postgraduate in Direction and Management of NGOs and other non-profit organizations and with a master’s degree in Globalization, Development and Cooperation, she started her work beginnings in the world of law, specifically in the banking legal advice sector. In 2011 […]
The continuous training of ophthalmological teams is one of the priority objectives of Eyes of the world so that local professionals reinforce and update their knowledge to assist the population with greater autonomy. In this regard, from September 27 to October 8, a surgery training commission on cataract surgeries was held in Bolivia by Dr. […]
Every year, the second Thursday of October is the World Sight Day which this year coincided with 14 October. At this evening, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) focus annually on the problem of visual disability. #LoveYourEyes has been the label of this year’s campaign that […]
Following the objective of facilitating the right to eye health for the entire population, Eyes of the world regularly visits groups that cannot attend hospital consultations, such as people in Mozambican prisons. This activity had been suspended since the start of the pandemic, but it was able to resume last September when visits were made […]
