Huge turnout at free eye - testing centre

Officially opening the event, Minister of health, Dr John Seakgosing said First Sight has provided more than 3.4 million cataracts surgeries globally, expanded eye hospitals and improved eye care services in many countries including Botswana.

According to Seakgosing, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are about 45 million blind people and that every five seconds one person in the world goes blind, while every minute a child loses his or her sight. It also estimates that 269 million people have low vision, and out of this number, 145 million people are blind because of uncorrected refractive errors.