Our Flying Eye Hospital first touched down in Bangladesh in 1985 and initiated the country’s first training programs for optometrists and opticians. To support long-term projects, we created a permanent office in Dhaka in 1999.
Over the years, we’ve made tremendous progress in combating avoidable blindness. Through our work with 14 partners in all eight divisions across the country, we’re reaching more than half a million people a year. Since that first visit, we’ve trained more than 39,000 medical professionals in ophthalmic specialties including pediatric ophthalmology, retina, vitreous humor, cataract, glaucoma and cornea.
In fact, in 2020 alone we delivered: