FAMILY OF 8 ALL WITH CONGENITAL CATARACT RECIEVE FREE CATARACT SURGERY

This family lives in a Butende village Bugiri district , driven by a good samaritan to Herona community hospital there house is on a hillside, surrounded by fields with red earth. Green eucalyptus trees grow in the neighbourhood. And when the bananas around the village ripen and yellow, they can smell them. becuase they all have bilateral congenital cataracts inherited from the grand mother .

They narated the difficulties they have faced with out the gift of sight including discrimination in communities

Moses is the youngest of seven children When he was one year old, her father Abdul noticed a small spot on her eye. He is increasingly worried: he holds her toys right under her nose, but is barely able to incite any reaction from Growing up with cataract in her village has been tough for him. he longs to play with the other kids, but he can only stand to the side and watch. When he joins them, he is unable to keep up – he falls, he gets injured, and is easily frustrated.

 Successful Operation

24 hours after the operation led by Dr. Susan Kikira, a nurse removes the bandages. At first, scrunches her eyes tightly. He opens her eyes cautiously and starts to discover the colourful world around her…

After the successful cataract operation, children can go to school to learn to read and write play with friends, and pursue all their dreams. And maybe one day, who knows, even become a doctors, fulfilling there father’s hope.