BLACK
Since I was a kid, I have always been scared of darkness. I could never sleep without holding my mum’s hand when the power went off , could never walk into a dark room in the house, could never sleep alone without any lights ON. I had a lot of other fears that I overcame as I grew up, but the one fear I couldnt let go off - The fear of a dark world.
I wonder how people who are blind manage to lead an entire life where everything is just BLACK and only BLACK. There are over 150 million blind people in the world. Most of them dont need to be. Though they have easily curable diseases like the Cataract, the lack of resources decides their fate and makes their world a dark dark place.
Dr.Geoff Tabin , a miracle doctor who also happens to be a mad ski mountaineer(he climbed all the seven summits of the world!) set a new goal to attain pinnacle of success in his life by helping cure blindness across the developing countries.
He started the Himalayan Cataract Project in Nepal along with Dr.Ruit. Now he and his team not only perform cataract surgeries all over sub-saharan African countries, but also train technicians, nurses. After all there were only 2 opthalmologists available to the 5 million Ethiopians before Tabin happened to them!
Reading about people like Tabin who help in resurrection of blind people’s lives reaffirms my faith in humanity that binds ALL of us.
Do watch this video. Left me teary-eyed.
