About us

Eyes for Africa is an opthalmic nurses cataract project facilitating free operations for people living in poverty in rural Ethiopia. Operations cost $20 AU.

We are a not-for-profit, non-government, non-denominational, charitable foundation.

News

• Join our cause! Download Eyes For Africa membership form PDF 45kb
• Letters from Africa regarding the Victorian bushfire tragedy
• An update on our successful art auction fundraising event 6 February 2009
• Our next upcoming trip is in May 2009
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  See video of our latest trip
  to Jinka, Ethiopia, July 2008. [8mb].
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  Give the gift of sight.
• See photos from our latest trip to Jinka, Ethiopia, July 2008
• A report on our trip to perform cataract operations to Jinka, Ethiopia in July 2008.
• Thank you to all those people who attended our fundraising event.
• Frequently asked questions about Eyes For Africa - new
• Sunglasses needed - donate your old sunglasses to help patients with post operative recovery. Please contact Julie for more information.
• Listen to radio interviews with Julie by Charles Wooley, Christopher Lawrence and Richard Aedy
• Photos from our 2007 trip.
• Award: Julie Tyers has been awarded a 2007 Leadership in Nursing Award by Deakin University. Read about it here.