The ICare Foundation, is a development initiative functioning to create immediate and lasting improvements to the lives of people affected by lack of healthcare and educational issues, poverty, and disaster. Our mission is to support the marginalized and the vulnerable people in Uganda with a focus on Education and Health. We have on board Specialty Doctors from the National Ophthalmology Societyto carry out the surgeries. These include Dr. Ssali Grace Nsibirwa, Dr. Edward Nkurunziza to mention but a few. Together with our partners, we have so far hosted 16Free Eye Camps, in which we have scanned 5627 patients, Distributed 2750 spectacles, 1885 free eye treatment medicine, successfully done 200 Cataract surgeries and 03 free Cornea transplants, in different parts of Uganda. We runFREE EYE CAMPS under the theme “YOUR EYESIGHT IS OUR INSIGHT”. Afford under-privileged people the opportunity to assess the condition of their eye sight;
2. Assist under-privileged citizens with serious eye problems to seek medical assistance as soon as possible;
3. Provide eye medicine to people with eye problems in their early stages, and sensitize them on how to prevent further complications
4. Provide free eye care for patients with specialty eye conditions such as diseases of the:
i. Retina - detachments,
ii. Cornea - corneal grafting; and
iii. Orbit - Tumors & Cancers, Glaucoma, Low Vision services. With the technical support of the Ophthalmology department at Mulago hospital, we shall undertake FREE sensitization, screening, diagnosis, eye surgeries, provide free spectacles (eye-glasses), medicines during our camps, thereby countering the high cost associated with private medical check-up and surgeries.
