Cataracts are caused by many things, sometimes it is just age; but they can also be caused by diabetes, genetic problems or other diseases in the system. In the United States there is relatively easy access to treatment and surgery that can stop the cataract or at least slow it down. However, in developing nations such medical treatments are completely unavailable for a majority of people. Our hope is to prepare a group which can go into developing areas and help educate people about the safety and availability of the simple operation to remove the cataract. Also, the team could identify cataracts in developing stages and treat it before the person becomes disabled.

If a cataract is left alone, blindness can occur and render individuals completely disabled in a land where blind persons are not afforded abilities to learn and work as they are in Europe and America. The prospect of preventing blindness is one that anyone could leap to perform! The cost of the cataract removal is a mere $75 to remove the cataract and replace the defective lens. You have the power to help cure the blind. Use that power today.