Global non-profit Planeterra Foundation is known for its voluntourism and sustainable community development through travel.
In one program, donors and tour participants contribute to Planeterra-funded eye camps in remote Tibetan villages. These camps have restored the sight of hundreds of Tibetans and provided eye care to hundreds more.
Last month, the 2009 eye camp in Chabcha resulted in 86 successful sight restoration surgeries.
A $50 donation will give Tibetan patients the ability to see the world around them and change their lives.
Says Richard Edwards, Planeterra director:
“Tibet has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world. Most of this blindness is due to cataracts, a disease associated with aging but also prevalent among children and the working class. Many are unable to reach a hospital because of poverty and lack of transportation. With scattered populations spread across great distances, surgical eye camps are the most efficient way to treat the high rate of disease.”
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