<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>As many of you will know I travelled to Kenya in Autumn 2009 and visited the Akamba region providing eyecare, I shall be returning this October.&nbsp; For the people who live there, this will be&nbsp;the only eyecare they have had since my colleague Simon visited the region a year ago.&nbsp;</p> <p>We have tested&nbsp;thousands of eyes and&nbsp;dispensed numerous spectacles, treated lots of eye diseases and injuries, and organised many cataract operations, by referral to Nairobi.</p> <p>This is where your valued donation will be used, it costs approximately &pound;50 to get an cataract operation organised, a fraction of western prices but completely beyond the means of these patients.</p> <p>The cataracts we refer are the worst of the worst, very dense&nbsp;lens opacities&nbsp;that would have been operated upon a decade ago if they had been exposed to western medicine.&nbsp; They are often in relatively young individuals as they occur sooner in areas with greater UV exposure and in those with poor diets.&nbsp; The&nbsp;resulting blindness stops&nbsp;some from&nbsp;working&nbsp;and even&nbsp;keeps children away from schools to act as helpers.</p> <p>Please do your bit to sponsor all or part of a&nbsp;cataract operation, you really will be changing someones life.</p> <p><em>Dont forget to GiftAid.</em></p> <p><em>No donation&nbsp;money goes to financing the charity or my trip expenses, JustGiving take a 5% commision but this can be avoided if you donate by text</em>.</p>