Chennai Photo Journal

By Emily Lin, Yale University Student; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India, Summer 2008; Unite For Sight Global Health Intern in New Haven

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Getting ready to hop into the van for a day of volunteering

Playing around with school kids at a village eye camp

Meeting vivacious and friendly children at a village

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Meeting wonderful children at a city eye camp

A volunteer explaining the cataract operation to patients

Observing a cataract surgery at Chennai’s Hande Hospital

A volunteer performing cataract surgery on a goat’s eye

A volunteer teaching school camp children western dance moves!

School children at a school eye camp!

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A volunteer getting swarmed by school camp children!

The line for eye exams at a school camp

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Hanging out with our camp coordinator Thanraj at the Unite for Sight office

An extravagant Indian dinner

Enjoying a traditional Indian wedding!

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Dressed up and ready to go shopping at Pondy Bazaar

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I was amazed at the amount of preventable and/or treatable causes of eye disease that have gone unchecked here for many years. So many people, not just the elderly, but young children, were permanently blind from diseases that are easily treated in the U.S. Working with the Unite for Sight team on these outreaches in service to these wonderful people of Ghana was the single most rewarding work I've done in my life.

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—Brian Fowler, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Ghana