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ORBIS UPDATE
Orbis – AsBAA’ s Chosen Charity until 2020
You helped Honorine
see her grandchildren
again
A motorcycle accident in 2015 left her with a cataract in her left eye. There
were times she would even pass acquaintances by and not notice they
were there because she could not see.
Just managing simple daily tasks such as cooking and slicing vegetables
made her feel uneasy and she was afraid to go out on to the peanut farm
in case she wounded herself while working with a machete. This, coupled
with the pain she was in, made life extremely difficult for Honorine.
After struggling with her sight for two years, searching for a solution, it
was recommended that she seek treatment at Yaoundé Central Hospital.
It just so happened to be the final day that they were registering patients
for the Flying Eye Hospital programme.  We met Honorine on screening
day, and had the chance to hear her  Honorine’ s story, just before she
was about to have the life-changing surgery on our Flying Eye Hospital.
Honorine is first screened by Orbis volunteer surgeon
Dr. Sil at Yaoundé Central Hospital
On discovering that Orbis would support her treatment, she
and her family were so grateful that they wouldn't need to find
the 250,000 francs for a routine cataract surgery. And when
she heard she was one of the first women to be operated on,
she believed it was a ‘miracle’ .
Thanks to your
support, Honorine
can see her four
grandchildren again
Honorine told us that
she really appreciates
the support our
medical teams have
given her and hopes
that other people just
like her can get the
treatment they need to
save their sight.
Honorine is leading a normal life again and getting on with
day-to-day tasks at home
Following surgery, both Honorine's vision and life have dramatically –
with people who know her commenting that she looks younger and
happier. She’ s even reading her Bible without her glasses now and
working on the peanut farm again with confidence.
You can help more people like Honorine see today.
Please give the gift of sight. Click here to donate.