Cambodia
Eye clinic & eye camp programs In 1998, IRIS constructed Cambodia’s first purpose-built eye clinic, the IRIS Clinic in Kampong Cham province. In 2004, the Ministry of Health asked IRIS to construct a second clinic in the province, which, with its population of 1.8 million, is the most densely populated province in Cambodia. Karolos Fix [...]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka was wracked by civil war for more than 25 years, until Government forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009. Many Sri Lankans, whilst not destitute, remain poor and vulnerable. Though estimated only 4% of the population now exists on under $1 a day, 41% still live on less [...]
Nepal
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world (per capita income $220). 42% of its 27 million population lives on less than $1 per day and one-fifth is very poor. The main causes of poverty are low levels of education and poor health which constrains people’s ability to express their needs and exploit [...]
Laos (past project)
The 5.8 million population of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (or Laos) inhabit 17 provinces, comprising 140 districts and over 11,000 villages. Of all provinces in Lao, only Bokeo in the north-west and the Military Zone north of Vientiane are without eye units. A survey of six provinces conducted in 1994 estimated that 1% (58,000) [...]
