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– 25 YEARS

As I celebrate my 25th year volunteering as an eye surgeon in Southeast Asia. I am delighted to share photos and stories about the vision challenges and the people and cultures of India, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. — Dr. Gary Barth

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Nov19/2024

Dr. Barth’s Upside-Down Start to Asia Charity Work

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At age 20, I went to India for a Williams College-sponsored semester of Indian Art and Religion. During the five months, I witnessed so much blindness that I redirected my studies to medicine. For 40 years, I have dedicated myself to working in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Having ...

Oct21/2024

Restoring Sight, Restoring Lives

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THE SETTING: Tikapur High School Yard, Nepal BBH EYE FOUNDATION 100 Cataract/Implant Surgeries a Day in a Classroom? A surgical team in four-wheel drives took a three-hour trip from the city of Dhangadhi to a high school site for a large cataract surgery camp. The patients had ...