A portion of all sales go to heal the blind through the Himalayan Cataract Project and ministries that support their work. If you are wondering why you should shop here instead of directly from Amazon.com or some other online shopping site, the video below will tell you more about the worthy cause we support.
Thank you for shopping. Tell others about us. This page will be constantly updated with the number of blind you (our customers) have helped see again through free cataract surgeries from the Himalayan Cataract Project.
As of June 30, 2010 – Your purchases are well on our way to providing our first person with vision. We’ll let you know as much information as we can about those we help with your purchases. If you want to do more in this effort, visit the Yo-Yo Books Website.
A portion of all sales go to the Himalayan Cataract Project and ministries that support this effort. The Himalayan Cataract Project was begun by Dr. Geoffrey Tabin and Dr. Sanduk Ruit. Their goal: to eradicate as much unnecessary blindness in their lifetimes as possible.
Drs. Ruit and Tabin have proven that hospital quality standards can be applied in poor areas lacking electricity and clean water. Their inventive approach and dogged perseverance made what 20 years ago was considered impossible – possible.
Today HCP reaches the most unreachable patients wherever its services are needed through a combination of:
* teaching ophthalmic care at all levels,
* furthering specialized care through training and skills transfer, country by country,
* establishing self sustaining eye care centers, and
* performing sutureless cataract operations in 6 to 7 minutes, at a low cost, with excellent outcomes.
You can find out more on the Himalayan Cataract Project at http://cureblindness.org.
Make a difference in the life of a blind person by purchasing tea through the Up Blog Shops. Make a bigger difference by telling others what you are doing with your purchase.
Thank you very much for your interest providing free cataract surgeries to the poorest of the poor in our world.
