Ghana Videos

Accra, Ghana Screening Center

Patients are examined at the Unite For Sight Screening Center by an ophthalmic nurse and Unite for Sight volunteers. Patients requiring ophthalmic care are brought to Crystal Eye Clinic.

Tamale, Ghana Outreach Programs

Unite For Sight volunteers and ophthalmic nurses from Tamale Teaching Hospital visit villages to provide eye exams. Patients requiring ophthalmic care are brought to Tamale Teaching Hospital.

Tamale, Ghana Eye Examination

Ghanaian Ophthalmic Nurse Ali examines a woman in a village near Tamale, Ghana. The patient will be brought to Tamale Teaching Hospital for surgery by Dr. Wanye.

Tamale Outreach

Unite for Sight volunteers and Ghanaian ophthalmic nurses provide eye care outreach programs in rural villages near Tamale, Ghana.

Patient Testimony

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Ben Johnson, a Unite For Sight Cataract Surgery Patient at Buduburam Refugee Camp, discusses his happiness about having his vision restored.

Julie Harris, Unite For Sight Volunteer: "Can you tell us about your eye surgery?"

Ben Johnson, Unite For Sight Cataract Surgery Patient: "Well, since I took my surgery, I'm so happy. And this eye worried me for 4 years now, 2002, when I came to Ghana. God bless everybody who come to do this for us. I wanted to go do this for myself, but I don't have the money. Look at a handsome man like me...I want to God bless you to come. I'm happy, so happy. and since then, I did my eye, this is my eye. I can now see someone that's near to me, I can now read. I would hear a voice, I would know you, but I can't see you. But NOW, I can see you, I can read, I can write. I'm so happy. That's why I want to go and do the next one. So that I can be happy. Even before, I wouldn't try because I was thinking that I would be a blind man. But now, I'm getting fat. I'm happy, I have rest of mind. So I'm so happy. So happy."

Julie Harris: "Oh then we're so happy, too."

Ben Johnson: "So happy."

Tamale, Ghana Patient


Dr. Wanye's ophthalmic nurse Maggie examines a woman with bilateral cataracts and trachoma.

Trachoma Patient in Tamale


A patient blind from trachoma is examined by Dr. Wanye's ophthalmic nurse Maggie.

Unite For Sight Volunteers and Village Children

Volunteers and Village Children

http://www.kim-nguyen-tran.com/2008/02/tamale-eye-clinic-and-outreach.html

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My journey in Chennai would forever change my outlook on life. Making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite For Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.
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—Chiwing "Jessica" Qu, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India