Opportunities to Serve

When the YWAM Medical Ships team first met Mandy, she was blind with bilateral cataracts. Mandy had been blind for three years, she could only see light and dark shades and was heavily reliant on family members for her basic everyday needs. Mandy was just six years of age. After undergoing Read more:

Volunteers may work as ophthalmic surgeons for one week ( or less ) or work in clinic seeing cataract, glaucoma, corneal, diabetic, and pre-op patients. There is an opportunity for visiting outlying eye clinics, and / or lasering patients with PDR or glaucoma. Belize Council for the Visually Read more:

Dear prospective surgeon, OR tech, nurse of volunteer ophthalmic technician:

If you are looking for a place to perform charity cataract surgery close to home and over just a weekend, consider joining us some time between November and March, first weekend of the month If you have an extra couple Read more:

CAUSES OF BLINDNESS
Diabetes related eye diseases are major causes of blindness in South Pacific Islands. There is an explosion of type II diabetes amongst polynesians. In American Samoa, prevelance rate for diabetes is 25-30%. Respective Governments, NGOs and funding agencies are not prepared to Read more: