Adult cataract operation
Your gift will be used to ensure that children with cataract in Bangladesh get the treatment they need in time to secure their future
£50
Sightsavers launched the Bangladesh Childhood Cataract Campaign (BCCC) in 2004 aiming to treat 90% of the cases of child cataract by December 2010, and leave in place systems which can manage future cases.
With cataracts in children there is a very real urgency as unless they have their cataract removed before they reach the age of seven it may be too late for them and learn how to see, leaving them blind forever.
Your gift will help will contribute to the Bangladesh Child Cataract Campaign identifying children with cataracts and providing surgery and post-operative care.
See your gift in action
Six-year-old Tamanna Farouk would have become permanently blind without cataract surgery.
Tamanna is one of five children and comes from a poor family in Bangladesh. Her mother, Hassina, first noticed little white flecks in her right eye when she was just one.
At aged three Tamanna had a cataract operation on her right eye, but shortly afterwards Hassina noticed similar flecks developing in her other eye.
Three years later Tamanna has now had the left eye operated on and will return to school shortly. Her follow-up appointment will determine whether she needs to wear glasses to improve her sight further.