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Vision with Action can Change the World

Sight is what you see with your eyes. Vision is what you see with your mind. With improved sight, the vision of many will be more easily realized. According to research by the... Sight is what you see with your eyes. Vision is what you see with your mind. With improved sight, th...

In The Field

A little Vision goes a long way

In February, the eye care brigade team travelled to Nicaragua to see patients in four communities who waited paitiently to be tended to by three visiting optometrists and our ... In February, the eye care brigade team travelled to Nicaragua to see patients in four communities wh...

In The Field

Moms Supporting Moms

By: Chris Newton Director of CFC’s partner organization in South Africa – Edzimkulu In Ndawana, a community of less than 4000 people,  225 children had been orphaned in ... By: Chris Newton Director of CFC’s partner organization in South Africa – Edzimkulu In Ndawana...

In The Field

Great Things Take Time

In 2015, Scona High School’s Treehouse Project fundraiser initiated an eco-tourism project in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador with Change for Children. The goal of the ... In 2015, Scona High School’s Treehouse Project fundraiser initiated an eco-tourism project in ...

In The Field

Inclusive Leadership, Women and Youth Mentors and Promoters

Change for Children’s Maternal and Child Health program in Comitancillo, Guatemala targets indigenous pregnant and nursing mothers and newborns who receive home visits f... Change for Children’s Maternal and Child Health program in Comitancillo, Guatemala targets ind...

In The Field

Everyone smiles in the Same Language

By Clinic Day 4, we unload and unpack our equipment/supply bins with the ease of a finely tuned pit crew. We arrive to patients waiting in the shade of the few trees in the ch... By Clinic Day 4, we unload and unpack our equipment/supply bins with the ease of a finely tuned pit ...

Blog, In The Field, Travel Stories

Seeing the World just a little More clearly

We set up clinic space in health centre hallways, in classrooms, in a church, and in a lean-to shelter. Inside. Outside. We are flexible. And the patients are patient. Through... We set up clinic space in health centre hallways, in classrooms, in a church, and in a lean-to shelt...

Blog, In The Field, Travel Stories

Alida Takes Control

Determined to improve the health and nutrition of her family, nine months ago Alida began to work a tiny plot of uncultivated pastureland with a vision of creating a family ga... Determined to improve the health and nutrition of her family, nine months ago Alida began to work a ...

In The Field