Priceless

Priceless

At only three months of age, Valencia’s mother noticed the cataracts forming in both eyes.  His left eye soon was nearly unusable and he began holding it closed, finding his way through his first years through one cloudy eye.  When Valencia was three, his...
Birthing Hope

Birthing Hope

Ruth Salati spent most of her 80 years bringing babies into the world.  Even as she lost seven of her own ten children, her faith in Jesus kept her going.  But then her vision began fading, as well as her ability to do what she loved.  It got to where she could not...
Life Changed

Life Changed

Mr. Kazungu and his wife supported their ten children working as a chef and missionary. Three years ago he became worried when his vision grew cloudy. Living in Kilifi, about 50km north of Mombasa, there were little resources available to him. The following week, Mr....
Now I Know My ABC’s!

Now I Know My ABC’s!

Kalonzo is the fourth child of subsistence farmers in a nearby village. He was unable to pass Kindergarten since he suffered from a lazy eye AND a cataract. However, he could very eagerly sing the alphabet song! His near-blindness has been an incredible hardship on...
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...