Rony and his father, delighted after Rony's successful operation. Tim McDonnell / Sightsavers

Ronys Story

Rony from Bangladesh was just four when his sight started to fail. His loving family quickly moved to Dhaka to find treatment. His father, Akhtar, got a job as a rickshaw driver, but no matter how hard he worked, he couldn’t earn enough to afford the treatment. Akhtar dreamed that Rony would become a doctor, but his dream was fading fast. Thankfully we discovered Rony and surgery was arranged. Just a day afterwards, he was a child transformed from the little boy lost. Bursting with impatient energy a few days later, Rony was already looking forward to school and Akhtar’s dream was given new life

Achievements

 

Achievements in Bangladesh

In 2010 in Bangladesh, we supported our partners to carry out:

• The treatment of 796,764 people for sight related problems
• 64,940 cataract operations
• The screening of 194,502 people for refractive error

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh Childhood Cataract Campaign