Imagine the moment. Five-year-old Krind, his tiny hands trembling, waits for his eye shield to be removed. Will he finally see his mother’s face clearly? Will the darkness that has consumed his young life finally lift?
And then – the moment arrives. The shield is gently taken off, and light floods his little world. His mother’s face comes into focus. Overcome with wonder, he simply stares. His miracle has arrived.
This beautiful moment is possible because of the extraordinary kindness of people like you. Your generosity reaches the poorest, most vulnerable children and adults in the world, offering them the precious gift of sight.
Krind and his family are Dalits, a group once considered “untouchable” by society. They have known hardship beyond words. Yet through the compassion of people like you, they have been deeply touched by overflowing love, expressed through life-changing cataract surgery.
Today, will you share this miracle with another child, another family lost in the shadows of blindness? Will you help lift the veil of darkness for someone who cannot afford the surgery that could change their life forever?
Your hope-giving gift can help set a child free from blindness – a loving act of kindness, a lifelong impact.
Blindness steals so much more than sight – it takes away hope, education, independence, and even survival. Krind’s vision was so poor, he couldn’t see anything just a few feet away.
His teachers noticed he was struggling, unable to keep up with other children. He stopped playing. His world was closing in. For families trapped in deep poverty, the diagnosis of childhood cataracts is challenging. Without intervention a child, like Krind, faces a lifetime of blindness and despair. But thanks to the generous support of people like you, there is hope.
Across Nepal, a network of cbm-funded Outreach Clinics now reaches out to children like Krind. When his parents, Dal and Kumari, learned of his condition, they were overcome with fear. “Our son has cataracts in both his eyes!” his mother whispered, her voice shaking. “We are very worried…”.
But then came the words of hope. The health worker at the Outreach Clinic reassured them: “Your son will get the best treatment at the hospital”. And thanks to people like you, that promise became a reality.
At the cbm-funded Biratnagar Eye Hospital, Krind’s eyes were carefully examined.
The diagnosis was severe visual impairment. Without immediate surgery, his young brain would begin to forget how to see. Time was running out.
His eye surgeon, Dr Pawan, made the urgent decision: “We will be doing the surgery tomorrow”.
With children’s cataracts, every day without sight means their young brains will “forget” how to see perfectly. Every child with cataracts needs surgery as soon as possible.
There’s good news. Krind was not born with cataracts, so his brain has learned how to see.
