10 Jul 2018

The Safari Collection partners with MEAK for our 5th eye surgery mission

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In May this year, The Safari Collection held its fifth annual eye clinic that took place at The Mary Immaculate Hospital in Nyeri, Central Kenya. During this time, a team of experienced Kenyan doctors from the UK based charity, ‘Medical and Education Aid to Kenya’ (MEAK), with the help of our Solio Lodge staff, treated 1138 patients and performed exactly 100 life-changing surgeries for members of the local community.

As many as 320,000 Kenyans are living with blindness and over double this number with visual impairment. Yet in 80% of cases, people are suffering from a condition that is either preventable or curable. Sadly, treatment proves very challenging for most, as they live in rural areas with little or no access to health services, let alone qualified eye doctors. This is where The Safari Collection’s eye clinics come in.

Through advertisements on local radio stations and flyers in churches and shops, members of the local community have been able to see a qualified ophthalmologist and receive the help they need. You can read more on this life changing mission and watch our eye clinic video here