Flight for Sight
by Flying For Life
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Flying for Life is raising funds to cover the cost of flights that enable volunteer healthcare professionals to access remote areas and tap into rural communities where there is a dire need for medical treatment. Our upliftment projects, surgeries, and training will take place at Donald Fraser Hospital in the Vhembe District in Limpopo and Dr Harry Surtie Hospital in the Northern Cape, throughout 2023. Volunteer healthcare professionals provide crucial, skilled medical interventions such as cataract surgeries for patients who would otherwise go untreated.
Both the Donald Fraser Hospital in the Vhembe District in Limpopo and Dr Harry Surtie Hospital in the Northern Cape, have increasing waiting lists; and due to a combination of variables such as patient location, waiting time, and general lifestyle with lack of access to UV protection, patients come in with very dense cataracts. If you have cataracts, they worsen time, impairing your vision irrevocably. Job loss and collapsed quality of life are ultimately and unavoidably a reality for these individuals. Left untreated cataracts can cause total blindness - this has a generational effect as younger familiar members in such communities are forced to stay home to assist their relatives.
Since the inception of Flying for Life, we have carried out over 1000 successful surgeries. The testimonials that come through from patients with restored eyesight are both humbling and inspiring. You need only hear one to realise the impact of such an operation, and gift.
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Lufuno Khonza donated R0.10 to
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Robert Gunda is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years agoRobert Gunda signed up as a #doDifferent activist completed step 1 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R300 to make a difference in South Africa
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Kerschyl's Journey to Represent South Africa 1 years, 1 months agoKerschyl Singh shared their page for #doDifferent on Social Media and completed step 3 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R100 to make a difference in South Africa
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Kerschyl's Journey to Represent South Africa 1 years, 1 months agoKerschyl Singh signed up as a #doDifferent activist completed step 1 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R300 to make a difference in South Africa
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Tonny Maifo is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years, 1 months agoTonny Maifo has joined the #doDifferent Activist Facebook Group and become part of the #doDifferent community. Their NGO received R50 to make a difference in South Africa
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Tonny Maifo is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years, 1 months agoTonny Maifo shared their page for #doDifferent on Social Media and completed step 3 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R100 to make a difference in South Africa
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Tonny Maifo is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years, 1 months agoSomeone shared on social media
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Tonny Maifo is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years, 1 months agoTonny Maifo has updated their profile picture on their #doDifferent Activist page and completed step 2 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R100 to make a difference in South Africa
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Tonny Maifo is fundraising for Flight for Sight 1 years, 1 months agoTonny Maifo signed up as a #doDifferent activist completed step 1 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R300 to make a difference in South Africa
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Funded to date:
R 348,500
Funding goal: R 348,500
NGO: Flying For Life
Start: 1st February 2023
End: 2nd October 2025
NPO: 930 038 143
Field agent: Samantha Somdle
projects@flyingforlife.co.za
Activists: (76)
