Chairperson Trish Gribben (Auckland) introduces Rose Charities NZ Trustees (left to right) Mike Webber (Whanganui) , Pip Neville-Barton (Waiheke Island) , Jane Midgley and John Veale (both Christchurch)
Sparkling rose wine and a picture of patients waiting at Lumbini Eye Institute, Nepal, set the scene for the fundraiser held in Auckland on August 14.
Rose Charities NZ chairperson Trish Gribben with Patron Lady June Hillary and volunteer Rosemary Hassan at the fund-raising screening of the documentary, “Out of the Darkness” , about a remote surgical eye camp in Nepal
A documentary screening to raise funds for an outpost eye clinic in Nepal.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS is an inspiring documentary by Stefano Levi about a Nepali eye surgeon, Dr Sanduk Ruit, who treks for days to the remote village in the mountains of Nepal where he was born to set up a portable hospital and offer eye surgery to the villagers. Blindness, which is a common affliction in developing countries like Nepal, is not only a personal tragedy but a devastation to the economy of whole families and the community.
The fundraiser on AUGUST 14 will help equip a rural outpost eye clinic at Kapilavastu in the south of Nepal which will serve a catchment of 20 million poor people.
It will also be the launch for a new hand cream, coriander and rose, made especially for Rose Charities by Nellie Tier New Zealand. !! Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes
