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Safe Water – site visit
Clean Water, Cancer Care, and Compassion in Ethiopia Written by Geir Frivold, May 18, 2025 A Pre-Dawn Start Today began before sunrise at the outskirts of Addis Ababa. With the rest of the household still asleep—and the front door refusing to unlock—I quietly climbed…
Field Notes from Ethiopia – May, 2025
By Geir Frivold, Chair of THAF Board of Directors After a long flight, I landed in Addis Ababa early on May 14. With an e-visa secured in advance and no checked luggage, I made it through customs smoothly, and was met in the parking lot by my host. A Warm Welcome My…
THAF expands eye-surgery program to The Amhara and Tigray regions – (more than 3,000 cataract surgeries performed this past year).
Deeply saddened by the devastation wrecked by the recent civil unrest and war in Ethiopia, THAF remain committed to care for the poorest of the poor and disabled. For security reasons Dr. Samuel has had to temporarily cut back his outreach eye-camps to the Oromia…
Metu Eye Camp
The past two weeks we had two outreaches. The first week we had Aira outreach at Nedjo mission clinic where we operated on 127 patients and over 850 patients were examined. The second week we traveled to South west to Metu. This was our third outreach in Metu. Over…
Cataract Surgery in Darimu
NEWS FROM DR SAMUEL Cataract Surgery in Darimu Greetings from Aira. Last week we conducted the surgical cataract camp in Darimu. This is one of the rural towns with no eye care service. There is a small general clinic 16 km from Darimu town which is run by the…
55 Year Old Male Patient Lost Vision, but Sees Again
Dear brothers and sisters, Below is the story of a man who had cataract surgery recently. Ato Legese Hinsene is a 55 year old male patient who lost his vision for the last two years. He used to earn his living by taking care of the corn farm for a farmer. Two years…
Patient Had Been Suffering from Blindness for Years
Dembidollo Eye Clinic: Eye surgery with Dr. Samuel. This patient had been suffering from blindness for years. She has not seen the faces of her children nor grandchildren for years. She lost hope. She only recognized them by their voices. She came to the clinic and…