Eye Care

Our dedicated team of volunteers visited both new and familiar Chenchu villages during this series of eye camps. In the deep-forest village of Palutla, where we had last worked in

Covering the Eastern and Nothern parts of the Nallamala forest, we treated over 850 people.  We also followed up with patients from previous camps who had  cataract surgery. Their smiling

In our first eye camp since the COVID pandemic, we will be traveling to interior villages north of the Krishna river (Amrabad Tiger Reserve) where tigers were once abundant and

We are committed to a sustained presence for eye care in the Chenchu communities. During this trip, we revisited the villages of Marripalem, Chinthala, and Thummalabailu to conduct follow-up eye

In March 2019, our volunteers conducted eye camps in the Chenchu villages in the Eastern portion of Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve. These villages, including the beautiful Palutla (with its majestic

Our second comprehensive eye camps refined the processes developed in the Central Nallamala forest camp. In the villages of Nandigudem, Chilakacherla, Mallikarjunapuram, and Y-Cherlopalli, we examined nearly 600 patients. As

Our first comprehensive eye camp was a great success, screening over 500 people. We chose the villages of Chinthala, Thummalabailu, Marripalem, and Peddacheruvu, because they were the highest visibility villages, and we

This visit built the foundation for subsequent eye camps. I visited the central Chenchu villages along the Srisailam-Dornala road starting in my once-home village of Thummalabailu. In re-connecting with people