PACIFIC: Scholarship to tackle blindness
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The Australian eyesight charity, the Fred Hollows Foundation has begun its annual fundraising appeal with New Zealand All Black's rugby legend Michael Jones leading the campaign. Jones has taken over as the Foundation's special ambassador from Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary, who died last month. The appeal will raise money to reduce blindness in the Pacific, where tens of thousands of people face vision problems. A scholarship has also been created to help Pacific doctors get the technical training they need to treat cateract blindness, and to bring these skills back to regional communities.
Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: Doctor John Szetu, Director of the Pacific Eye Institute in Suva; Michael Jones, Former All Black star
