The Missionaries of Charity brought this blind boy from Maryland Country in Liberia for care by car, bus and then walked more than 10 kilometers (that they would admit to).
I shared with them my visit to Mother Teresa's Calcutta chapel to pay homage and the "story" shared with me by a Sikh Taxi driver. He had reported that the lights went out in Calcutta when Mother Teresa died. These wonderful, compassionate and dedicated ladies nodded and smiled indicating that this was the veritable truth. They had trained in Calcutta with Mother before coming to Africa. I explained the end stage of the bilateral detachments and did not recommend cataract surgery. The sisters committed to pray for miraculous healing and additional equipment to train doctors in Africa to diagnose sooner and be able to treat.
Dr. John is a committed physician with Samaritan's Purse. This good Samaritan would also like an eye clinic and more training for his clinic. They continue to provide equitable and low cost care to all.
Dr. Allen Eghrari from Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins is kneeling (I am hiding in the middle back row) has spearheaded training in Liberia. Here we are with a committed group of eye care professionals. We hope to use virtual reality simulators to train them all to provide basic eye care in many counties. This picture was taken at the first Scientific writing workshop to help spur clinical research ideas to publication.