Hope For The Blind

We are a non-profit eye hospital commited to bringing sight to the people of Limpopo, South Africa #sight #vision #blind

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HFTB commemorated International Nurses Day by honouring the nurses who continue to embody compassion, resilience, and unwavering commitment to the care of others.
Composite Nurse, Maquette, a bronze sculpture donated by renowned sculptor Angus Taylor, was formally unveiled.

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For International Nurses Day, Hope for the Blind formally unveiled Composite Nurse, Maquette, a bronze sculpture generously donated by acclaimed South African sculptor Angus Taylor.

Thank you so much to Angus for his gift of encouragement to our staff. Happy Nurses Day!

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View from Theatre 2 today

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The First Light Project is coming to RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025

Shepstone Gardens, Johannesburg⁣
23 May - 25 May 2025⁣

Come experience the magic of restored sight in our multi-media booth

Tickets 👉 https://t.co/8xSElSxRbi

#FirstLight #HopeForTheBlind #RMBLatitudesArtFair

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🎥 The First Light documentary is live!
It follows patients seeing art—and the world—for the first time after sight-restoring surgery at Hope for the Blind hospital. 👁️🎨
Watch here 👉 https://t.co/S5wBoEeISU
#FirstLight #HopeForTheBlind #ArtMeetsMedicine

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We were privileged have Honourable Justice Dikgang Moseneke at Hope For The Blind yesterday to officially open the hospital. Thank you so much Justice Moseneke for being an inspiration to us all.

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Spotted a flap necked chameleon from theatre today!

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How is this for an office view? Today marks our 50th eye case since we opened our doors late last year. We are very grateful to everyone that has helped us to get to this point. We hope to ramp up to full capacity in the year to come.

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Construction update: Things are getting very exciting. Most of the hospital is done. Look at the beautiful Waterberg views through the hospital windows! Only a few more months to finish off and we’ll be hopefully ready to start helping patients.

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Over the past weekend we were privileged to have three of the trustees and there families together on the construction site for the first time. We were united in our excitement of seeing years of dreaming and planning finally taking shape.

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Construction update: some pictures from construction last week. Construction is moving fast. We are so excited. Note how the beautiful Waterberg bushveld can be seen from the theatre, waiting areas and clinic.

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Construction update: Friday 11 August. Construction is progressing swiftly! Roof of the theatres are ready for concrete in the coming week

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Construction update: most of the concrete for the floors of the theatre and clinic are done. The roof of the clinic is starting to go up

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Hope for the Blind Hospital reached a significant milestone yesterday as we started pouring concrete into the floor of the clinic, with the theatre soon to follow.

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3 March 2023 we finally broke ground! FLTR: PG Whelan & Pierre van Rhyn (Engineers), Eugene & Abby Barnard (Architects), Henning Davel & Anton Visagie (HD construction), Louis Groenewald (Quality Surveyor), Frans Faul (HCF Planner), Frits Stegmann & Gert Marincowitz (Trustees)

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We are privileged to have large donors making construction of our eye hospital possible. We however still have opportunities for donors who want to partner with us to bring the gift of sight to the underprivileged in Limpopo. Contact us or find us on https://t.co/chxV4U894C

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Great news! After years of preparation, we finally have all the approvals to start construction on our eye hospital. Here are some 3D renders of how our buildings will looked once finished. Thank you so much to @lemegArchitects for the beautiful designs and renders. #vision