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BLOGHere you can read about what is going on with Asian Eye Care. Besides news you can find reports from the field and portraits from our patients and volunteers.

Our patients: MR SONNLITE LIVES 60 MILES AWAY


Mr Sonnlite did not know what happened to him when the bandage was removed from his left eye! Since a couple of years, he had been seeing gradually less through both eyes, so that his wife had to look after him. Mr Sonnlite works as an official in Veunkain, a district that is as far […]

Our patients: MRS SOUMALY (75) SEES AEC FOR THE SECOND TIME


Mrs Soumaly, 75 years, lives with her family in Phonsikay. In 2017, her eyesight gradually declined to such an extent that her daughter had to look after her. At first, she thought that nothing could be done about her poor sight, until her daughter (a nurse) persuaded her to go to an Asian Eye Care […]

Our patients: Wan (60) can see ants again


Wan, a 60 years old lady from Ban Ketchy, gradually lost her eyesight since June 2013. The loss of sight made her very unhappy, she could no longer fend for herself and was trapped in her own house. Fortunately, she had someone to look after her, but most people did not know how to deal […]

AEC back from Myanmar


In October 2016, AEC was invited to expand the program to Mandalay. After the necessary preparations, AEC has been able to do a lot of work with two medical teams in Myanmar in the period from 22 September to 7 October 2017, in respectively the Yangon Eye Hospital and the Mandalay Eye and ENT Hospital. […]

OUR PATIENTS: Khamvang (63), one to go


Mr. KHAMVANG is from Ban Naway, a small peaceful village in the province of Champasak in the South of Laos. About 18 months ago he noticed, to his panic, that his eyesight was slowly getting cloudy. His work as carpenter would eventually become impossible to him. How would he be able to do his job […]