Eye Hospital of Vanga
A young girl on her way to the operating theatre to remove congenital cataracts. © CBM.
Project Partner: Communaute Baptiste au Congo Ouest
Project Number: 697
The Eye Department is part of a large district general hospital located in Vanga, in the Bandundu Province - around 300Km east of the capital Kinshasa. The department covers a population of over 6.5 million who are very poor with a high rate of malnourished children.
Outreach
The programme serves the province through extensive outreach which covers the districts of Kwango, Kikwit, Bandundu and Kwilu.In Kikwit, a second Eye Centre has been established and an ophthalmologist is now permanently based there. Both units cover a vast catchment area.
It is estimated that around 80,000 people are blind, half of these are due to cataract.
Project Needs
This project needs the following items which, through your donations, CBM can provide.
Cataract Surgery - £20.00 each (Add to Basket)
Salary of Ophthalmic Technician - £34.00 per month
Outreach (Eye Safari) - £3,483.00
Tetracycline - £10.00 for four families (Add to Basket)