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Like our founder, Fred Hollows, we are passionate about teaching, which is why training and supporting eye care workers is a key pillar of what we do.

Earlier this month, an Outreach Team from the Pacific Eye Institute (PEI) in Suva, Fiji ran the first outreach for children, known as Paediatric Eye Surgical Week.

Last week a team from the Pacific Eye Institute in Suva, Fiji, concluded a record-breaking outreach in Samoa. A

The Pacific Eye Institute in Suva, Fiji, sent a team of eye doctors and nurses to Vanuatu on the first regional Pacific outreach since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Training for community health workers in Fiji has had a hugely positive impact on eye care services for diabetics in the country.

In 2021, Team Fred, alongside its partners, achieved over one million eyesight consultations throughout the Pacific since The Foundation began working in the region in 2002.

The team in Fiji were all smiles on Monday morning when a much-needed package of antibiotic injections arrived, courtesy of students travelling from Samoa.

From cyclones to volcano eruptions, and now a third wave of COVID-19, 2022 has not started quietly.

We are excited to have joined forces with Specsavers to bring the gift of sight and support Fijian artisans this Christmas.

Atesh and Bernadette decided to make Atesh’s 50th birthday extra special this year. They raised an incredible $110,000 and have impacted the lives of hundreds of people in Fiji.

New Zealand has now moved to Alert Level 4, while in Fiji, our team continues to adapt to the ever changing COVID-19 environment

As Clinical Quality Assurance Advisor, Sereima will help ensure clinics across the Pacific deliver quality, safe, patient-centred eye care services.

As the COVID-19 outbreak in Fiji delays all but emergency eye care services, the team at The Pacific Eye Institute in Suva has partnered with other agencies to implement a series of innovative measures to support those with diabetes through the lockdowns.

As COVID-19 outbreaks in Fiji and Papua New Guinea put communities and healthcare systems under considerable pressure, The Foundation continues to conduct sight-saving outreaches in the Pacific when it is safe to do so.

Covid-19 has had a severe impact on Pacific nations this year. In the health sector, this has meant a loss of medical services across the Pacific.

Dr Audrey Aumua, the first Pacific woman to head The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, speaks about what taking the helm means to her.

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has a new CEO, Dr Audrey Aumua.

As COVID-19 continues throughout the globe, the impact of the pandemic in the Pacific is of immense concern.