by Elisa_2 | Dec 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week Prof. Morris Hartstein, MD, Founding Director of Operation Ethiopia returned to Addis Ababa to operate on 14 children and adults needing complex oculoplastic surgeries in Addis Ababa. The patients had been screened and consulted on during our November...
by Elisa_2 | Dec 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
We have completed the two-year long process of getting tax-deductible status as an NGO in Israel! All donations to Operation Ethiopia are now tax-deductible in both the USA and Israel. We rely entirely on donations to do our life-changing work in Ethiopia. All of our...
by Gila | Nov 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Despite the war in Israel, and air flights suspended between Ethiopia and Israel, Operation Ethiopia continues to FIGHT BLINDNESS in Ethiopia. Last week we ran a Cataract Campaign in Mekele, Tigray region where together with our valued partner HCP Cure...
by Gila | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
In July 2023, Operation Ethiopia restored eyesight to 400 blind people in northern Ethiopia suffering from dense untreated cataracts, over the course of one week. Three surgeons operated simultaneously from morning to evening at Ayela hopsital in Azzezo and the impact...
by Gila | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
We returned from our Operation Ethiopia July medical mission where our Israeli volunteer team together with Ethiopian translators and young adults from the local Jewish community treated over 2,000 patients in rural villages! Working hard morning til night our...
by Elisa_2 | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
We were so honored to be invited to the Ethiopian Embassy today in Tel Aviv to meet the new Ethiopian Ambassador to Israel, Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh. After discussing how we can expand our Eyecare in Ethiopia and establish connections with the Health Minister to...
