Camille used to be at the top of her class
At only 6-years-old, Camille is brimming with potential. She adores school, and she even won an award last year for being the ‘top student’ in her class.
But a few months ago, Camille came home in a flood of tears. Her eye had been hit by accident during a game. Her mum was deeply worried about the red, inflamed looking injury – but she thought that when the visible redness around Camille’s eye faded, she was on the mend.
As time passed, Camille’s injury developed into something much more serious. And she now has a severe case of photophobia (light sensitivity) and a thick blinding cataract.
Her family is desperately poor, and can’t afford $33 to pay for a sight-saving cataract surgery. But perhaps you can?
Remember, your gift before June 30 will be DOUBLED to help another child too!
Now she urgently needs your help
You see, when a child develops cataracts, there’s only a small window in which to restore their sight.
That’s because their brains are still developing.
If their brain lose access to light because of a cataract, it can’t ‘learn’ how to translate light into sight. Key sight pathways remain undeveloped. Forever.
Which means that even if these children have eye surgery later in life, they’ll still be blind.
That’s why it’s so important children like Camille get urgent cataract surgery, before it’s too late.
To make matters worse, Camille has already fallen far behind her peers at school. If we don’t act fast, she might soon drop out – and never be able to make the most of her education.
Please, will you donate now to help Camille see again, and another child too?
Did you know?
8 in 10 cases of vision impairment are considered avoidable.
9 in 10 people who are visually impaired live in developing countries.
Cataracts are one of the leading causes of vision impairment globally.