Himalayan Cataract Project

Thematic Focus Areas

HCP works to cure needless blindness with the highest quality care at the lowest cost, through ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of world-class infrastructure.
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EIN

03-0362926

CFC Number

63138

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A group of women sitting down outside and looking at the camera. Logo: cureblindness.org Himalayan Cataract Project
The 2 million cataract surgeries that are performed in the U.S. each year make the procedure feel routine, when actually the results are quite extraordinary.

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A father’s little boy sits in a line of cataract patients, all bearing a handwritten I.D. number taped to their foreheads. They are waiting for their turn on the operating table, already wearing blue medical gowns with dark plastic bags wrapped around their feet. The father and the boy listen as the eye nurse explains…