Coaxing Life from this Scorched Dust

Coaxing Life from this Scorched Dust

Years of farming by hand in the sun cost Dama her vision in the form of double cataracts.  Dust and the reflected rays are very common causes of cataracts here on the equator.  But hope was not lost forever and when Dama was 63, a Lighthouse poster in a local clinic...
All He Needed Was…

All He Needed Was…

a pair of glasses!  Hussein began losing his vision in third grade and by seventh grade, had to DROP OUT because he could not see.  His first stop at Lighthouse was with our Chaplain, David.  There, Hussein received not only hope of seeing again, but the greatest hope...
Welcome David Sawe!

Welcome David Sawe!

Our new Clinical Officer, David Sawe comes to us from Tenwek Mission Hospital in Western Kenya.  He has been a C.O. since 1998 and then trained in Opthalmology from 2007-2009.  He is from Rift Valley, Bomet area but is excited to follow the Lord to Mombasa where he is...
The Rest of the Story

The Rest of the Story

Dr. Fredrick Korir may have had to turn down a perfectly good camel payment for saving this man’s sight, but twinkling eyes, fresh with vision, are satisfaction enough here at Lighthouse. Cataract surgery was successful on both eyes for this dear man and we all...
Jump for Joy with Mohammed!

Jump for Joy with Mohammed!

This little 4 year old was pulled out of pre-school when his local clinic was unable to fix the double cataracts that developed in his eyes. But when his parents heard about Lighthouse, they had renewed hope! Both cataracts were able to be removed and Mohammed is once...