A critical eye clinic in Papua New Guinea can now undertake operations without the worry of power cuts after assistance from the Fred Hollows Foundation in New Zealand. Fred Hollows has set up a solar energy system at the Madang Eye Clinic involving 160 photovoltaic panels and six batteries all running from a 20-foot shipping Read more
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Fred Hollows makes 1 million people see in a year
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
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. “Performing one million eye operations and treatments in a single year is an important milestone and one I am incredibly proud of,” says Brian Doolan, Chief Read more
Shortland Street on location at Naililili Catholic Mission.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
In response to an approach from Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand’s long running Soap, Shortland Street, moved from the studio to Fiji for a storyline. The Naililili Catholic Mission was the last of the Fijian locations used. The Mission, which is on an island in a river, is accessible only by boat. The church at Read more