In the past months we have been able to help so many people who suffered from preventable blindness in Bangladesh but have been saved by a cataract operation or received a pair of glasses through ORBIS International‘s work – thanks to you and your IWISHUSUN purchases! Today we want to thank you for your support, dear customers, as well as look back on Henning Heide‘s trip to Bangladesh. When the Hamburg-based photographer and friend of IWISHUSUN (read his interview here) came back home he did not only bring a lot of memories and experiences but also his pictures which he had taken of the people who have received an eye operation thanks to products bought here.

With the cooperation with ORBIS at the Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute  in Bangladesh we can guarantee that the money flows directly into this project, enabling us to document who has received eye surgery. The Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital in Dhaka is not only the largest but also the oldest hospital in Bangladesh, specialised on eye disease. For more than 50 years a wide range of eye diseases have been treated and a particular emphasis is on treating poorer sectors of society. The aim is to provide each patient with the same high level of medical care, regardless of their financial situation, and the hospital is open to everyone.

Meet more people who have been saved in our “PEOPLE” section.