Lomography and Light for the World have once again joined forces to help the people of the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya. This time, we want to help train and educate future ophthalmologists to fight the crippling effects of cataracts and poor eye care, and your donation can help.
About the project
Light for the World is working towards a brighter future for the people of Kenya. The program not only educates and trains professional eye doctors; it helps train teachers to spot early onset eye problems in children and adults.
Get a Book and Train Eye Doctors
They say, “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime”. Lomography and the international organization Light for the World are looking to do just that, and now, it’s time to get your hands on the LomoKikuyu book and give back to a needy community.
Filled with lomographs taken by the Lomography team as well as doctors and patients from Kikuyu, and featuring Lomowalls specially made for the print edition, the Kikuyu Book is a wonderful addition to your library.
Helping is easy! For every purchase you make in the Lomography Online Shop you will be able to add the LomoKikuyu Book to your cart for just 5 EUR/USD. These 5 EUR/USD will be sent to Light for the World for the Lomography/Light for the World Cooperation.
Due to the current catastrophic droughts in East Africa, Lomography will be matching your 5 EUR/USD donation to help fight the famine. Matching donations will be sent to International Committee of the Red Cross , making your donation work two-fold.
About The Kikuyu Eye Unit
The Kikuyu Eye Unit is part of Kikuyu Hospital, situated about 40km from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Since being founded in 1975, the clinic has continued to grow and has been active in Kenya and the surrounding region through the help of Light for the World. The eye unit carries out an incredible number of diagnostic and surgical procedures each year, restoring eyesight to thousands of people who had previously been blind.
A Huge Problem
Because of poverty and the resulting states of malnutrition, bad basic hygiene conditions and inadequate health education available, the rate of severely impaired vision and blindness in Kenya is extremely high. Globally there are 37 million blind people and 180 million people with severely impaired vision – 90% of those affected live in Kenya and other developing countries.
Kikuyu Opens Eyes
To open up the eyes of those affected by blindness, to bring light into their darkness to allow people to again experience vast palette of colors, shapes and other facets of the visual world – This is the goal of the Kikuyu Eye Unit. Doctors, nurses and other trained helpers at the Eye Unit diagnose an incredible number of cases each year (approximately 70,000) and perform surgery on a no less astounding number of them (approximately 8,600).
The Lomo Kikuyu Project 2006
Lomo Kikuyu is a community aid project in collaboration between Lomography and the international organization Light for the World (based in Vienna, Austria). Donate 30 EUR/USD to the project and you will help a blind person to see again at the Kikuyu Eye Unit in Kenya – It’s that simple and that life-enhancing for the people you help.
To be able to see makes a huge difference to your life every minute of every day. The LomoKikuyu social project was started in 2006 because we are acutely aware of the importance of sight in what we do as Lomographers – Taking photographs is innately bound to the experience of seeing; we shoot what we see after all.
We want to help as many people as possible see again and for them to enjoy the world in all its colors, shades, contrasts and beauty – The project has already saved the sight of over 1000 people but we want to encourage you to donate and us help save even more - So Donate now and save someone’s eyesight!