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Groundbreaking Ceremony Kicks Off The Building Of The Centre For Eye Health In Papua New Guinea
Friday, 8 November 2024, 6:15 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The purpose-built eye care training and service centre aims to tackle the pressing issue of avoidable blindness and vision impairment by supporting specialist eye care training for eye doctors, eye nurses, and optometrists. More >>
Fred Hollows Foundation NZ Welcomes $18.9m Funding For Eye Care Training And Service Centre In Papua New Guinea
Monday, 13 May 2024, 8:10 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The investment will support the development of a new training facility for eye care specialists in PNG and represents a significant milestone in the ongoing partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), The Foundation and Pacific ... More >>
Gisborne Student Receives Fred Hollows NZ Humanity Award
Friday, 24 November 2023, 10:44 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/7fdc68086c1861005f44.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Harry Newman from Motu School in the Gisborne region was recognised for his passion and environmental action at ... More >>
Young Whangarei Writer Named Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador 2022
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 10:46 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
Madison Macmillan has been named today as this year’s Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador. Madison spends time at home writing, having penned and published her first book by the age of seven, and donating proceeds from the many books she has sold to charity. ... More >>
Courageous Young Environmental Advocate Named Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 9:17 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
Aneke Kilbride, has been named today as this year’s Fred Hollows NZ Junior Ambassador for taking on her local District Council about the region’s environmental footprint. The 11-year-old student from Paekakariki School took her environmental action to ... More >>
The bag that gives back sight
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 12:14 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has joined forces with Viva magazine to create a limited-edition tote bag which will give a person back their eyesight. The bag, designed by Viva Fashion & Creative Director, Dan Ahwa, comes free with any $35 donation ... More >>
New Zealand’s first ever Humanity Awards launched
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:49 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is launching New Zealand’s first ever Fred Hollows Humanity Awards. The Awards are a part of a global movement created to recognise passionate children striving to make the world around them better – just like Fred ... More >>
Tackling avoidable blindness in the Pacific
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 12:35 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust works with partners throughout the Commonwealth to eliminate avoidable blindness and has been supporting the diabetes eye disease programme of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ since 2015. More >>
Fred Hollows Foundation Opens Eye Centre in Vanuatu
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 11:09 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is delighted to announce that the new Vanuatu National Eye Centre in Port Vila has been opened by the Vanuatu Minister of Health, the Honourable Norris Jack Kalmet, following a $2.5 million upgrade and expansion of the previous ... More >>
Hollows Foundation NZ signs MoU with Papua New Guinea
Monday, 8 October 2018, 1:21 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has recently reaffirmed its commitment to improve the accessibility of comprehensive eye care services in Papua New Guinea, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. More >>
Fred Hollows Foundation NZ signs MoU with Kingdom of Tonga
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 2:36 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting eye care services in the Kingdom of Tonga, and the provision of training for eye health professionals, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). More >>
Port Vila National Eye Centre project
Friday, 18 May 2018, 11:30 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is excited to announce the $2.1 million upgrade and expansion of the Port Vila National Eye Centre in Vanuatu. More >>
Fred Hollows makes 1 million people see in a year
Friday, 19 May 2017, 4:39 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation has reached a remarkable record with over one million eye operations and treatments achieved in just one year, for the first time in its history. More >>
Dunedin street named after Kiwi legend Fred Hollows
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 2:23 pm | Fred Hollows Foundation
A street in Dunedin’s Leith Valley has been named ‘Fred Hollows Way’ in memory of the famous Kiwi eye doctor who restored sight to countless people in the developing world. More >>
Charity champions universal eye health
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 11:08 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
Eye care charity The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ marks World Sight Day on Thursday, 8 October, celebrating the theme of universal eye health with the launch of two ground-breaking infrastructure developments in Solomon Islands and Fiji. The Regional Eye Centre ... More >>
NZ public invited to step aboard mobile eye clinic for Fiji
Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 9:16 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is throwing open the doors of its new mobile eye clinic, destined for Fiji. On 13 and 14 February, the public are warmly invited to step aboard the state-of-the-art clinic in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter. Manufactured ... More >>
Sight restoring charity calling for Round the Bays runners
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 10:19 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ is calling on Aucklanders to strap on their trainers and get running to restore sight with the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays. 2015 marks The Foundation’s first year as a charity partner with the fun run, taking ... More >>
NZ charity launches first mobile eye clinic for Pacific
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 10:05 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ today announces the launch of a new mobile eye clinic for Fiji. Designed, produced and funded by New Zealanders, the clinic is the first of its kind in the Pacific region: a state-of-the-art 11.5 metre facility which will ... More >>
New eye care facility to open in Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 10:44 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
To mark World Sight Day on October 9th, The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ announces the opening of a new operating theatre in Papua New Guinea. The construction will stand alongside a recently refurbished clinic in Madang and double the amount of ... More >>
Waikato doctor takes up key Fiji role for eye care charity
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 11:05 am | Fred Hollows Foundation
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ today announces the appointment of a prominent Kiwi eye doctor to a key leadership role in the Pacific. Dr Jim Stewart from Hamilton will begin work as the Director of the Pacific Eye Institute in Fiji in early September. More >>
