‘We spent 10 days in and around the rural communities in Malawi, meeting some fantastic people along the way. We set up outreach eyecare clinics and performed hundreds of sight tests, providing glasses and referrals to hospital for those who needed them. Additionally, we funded 40 cataract surgeries which we had the opportunity to observe. We were able to meet the Ophthalmology registrars and taught them refraction, along with helping out on ward rounds and at paediatric eye clinics.
We were fortunate enough to visit and spend time at an orphanage where we undertook 200 sight tests on the children. The children were delighted with their gifts of pens and bracelets that you kindly donated so we would like to thank you for your donation and contributing to what was a wonderful experience and opportunity for us all’.
Cardiff OpSoc Malawi Trip
August, 2022