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Medical Missionaries With Southampton Roots Open Eye Hospital In Nepal

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Team Michigan prepares to leave for Mount Kilimanjaro. COURTESTY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Team Michigan prepares to leave for Mount Kilimanjaro. COURTESTY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Dr. Medhat Allam during his first trip to Haiti in 1997. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Dr. Medhat Allam during his first trip to Haiti in 1997. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Some of the patients during Operation International's recent Operation Restore Vision trip to Nepal

Some of the patients during Operation International's recent Operation Restore Vision trip to Nepal

where they performed over 60 cataract surgeries and oculoplastic procedures. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

where they performed over 60 cataract surgeries and oculoplastic procedures. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Members of the Students Council of Southampton Elementary School just concluded a shoe drive to collect shoes for the orphans in Uganda. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Members of the Students Council of Southampton Elementary School just concluded a shoe drive to collect shoes for the orphans in Uganda. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Children in the Philippines learn to write their names as part of Operation International's GypSEAS project. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Children in the Philippines learn to write their names as part of Operation International's GypSEAS project. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Some of the patients during Operation International's recent Operation Restore Vision trip to Nepal

Some of the patients during Operation International's recent Operation Restore Vision trip to Nepal

where they performed over 60 cataract surgeries and oculoplastic procedures. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

where they performed over 60 cataract surgeries and oculoplastic procedures. COURTESY OPERATION INTERNATIONAL

Some of the cataract surgery patients outside of the three-room hospital built by members of Operation Internat

Some of the cataract surgery patients outside of the three-room hospital built by members of Operation Internat

authorValerie Gordon on Jan 17, 2018
Several dozen Nepali men, women and children cling to the backs of family members, slowly and unsteadily making their way down the steep Himalayan mountains near Bhakunde Besi, Nepal’s poorest... more

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