Fred Hollows Foundation
| Founded | 3 September 1992 Sydney, Australia |
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| Founder | Fred Hollows |
| Type | Non-Profit Organization |
| Focus | Cataract Blindness and Indigenous Australian Health |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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| Method | Medical Training, Performing Operations, Building Hospitals, Community Education, Fundraising |
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Key people
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Founding Director Gabi Hollows, CEO Brian Doolan |
| Website | www.hollows.org/ |
The Fred Hollows Foundation is a non-profit aid organization based in Australia and founded in 1992 by eye surgeon Fred Hollows. The Foundation focuses on treating and preventing blindness and other vision problems. It operates in Australia, The Pacific, South and South East Asia, and Africa.
The Fred Hollows Foundation was founded on 3 September 1992, by Fred Hollows shortly before he died. Hollows was an eye doctor (ophthalmologist), a skilled surgeon and a social justice activist. Hollows was committed to improving the health of Indigenous Australians and to reducing the cost of eye health care and treatment in developing countries. He had already started project work in Eritrea, Nepal, Vietnam and Indigenous Australia. His work in Vietnam was only in the early stages when he died. However, his widow, Gabi Hollows, followed through on the commitment that she had made to her late husband and ensured that his work in Vietnam (and others countries) continued through the Foundation.
The Foundation works to achieve four key goals:
The Fred Hollows Foundation has blindness prevention programs operating in over 19 countries throughout Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, including countries such as Vietnam and Nepal.
The Foundation also works to provide a full range of eye health services including eye health promotion, screening, prevention, curative treatment and rehabilitation.
In Africa, The Foundation focuses on comprehensive eye health systems with an emphasis on the training of medical staff, screening for poor vision and eye disease, subsidised treatment and provision of equipment and infrastructure in countries such as Eritrea, Kenya,Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania.
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