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#Seethemiracle

My house is decorated in photos, my shelves are littered with albums.  My eyes are permanently flooded with images of my beautiful, busy children.

I couldn’t imagine a world where I couldn’t see my children.

Where a cataract would stop me witnessing their first step, would mean I couldn’t catch them when they fall.  Not see their wedding, see my grandchildren, see their lives.

However, many parents, grandparents who live in the poorer part of our world face this problem.  Cataracts ( a condition that is simply corrected by a 5 minute £30 operation) are stopping sight and creating terrible results.

Let me introduce you to Mr Winesi.  He has bilateral cataracts and lost his sight completely two years ago.  He has a grandson, Luca, that he has never seen. He can’t work and as main provider this means that soon the family food stores will run out and something as easily rememded as a cataract could cause total devastation.

A Million Miracles, Sightsavers, Malawi

Why am I telling you this?

I want to help raise awareness of the Sightsavers appeal – Million Miracles.  Sightsavers want to raise £30million to deliver cataract operations to countries afflicted the most.

On October 8th at 1.30 UK time, you can watch, life from Malawi as Mr Winesi has a 5 minute operation. Then on the 9th of October at 1.30 UK time you can watch as the bandages are removed and Mr Winesi gets to see his grandson for the first time.

A Million Miracles, Sightsavers, Malawi

I am pretty much sobbing in anticipation.

It is an amazingly ambitious fundraising total to aspire to for Sightsavers. Yet such an incredible cause.  If you want to donate you can do so at: www.millionmiracles/donate

Please do dedicate a few moments of your life and your sight to watch Mr Winesi see again.

Full details are:

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What Can You Do To Help?

  • Please share this post as widely as you can so we can ensure as many people as possible see this groundbreaking digital storytelling project unfold.
  • If you are a blogger and you are moved to post in support or to carry the blogger badge in your sidebar, please email the beautiful Chris… chris@thinlyspread.co.uk and I’ll get a blogger pack out to you!
  • Watch the live broadcasts and share widely on social media as you do so (the widget will be here soon!)
  • Follow Sightsavers campaign and DONATE here
  • Follow Sightsavers on Twitter and Facebook and keep up to date with all the behind the scenes action by following Liz Scarff and Fieldcraft – the team behind the techy stuff! You can follow Chris too as she shares the posts written by bloggers across the UK!

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  1. #SeeTheMiracle Live Coverage of Cataract Operation says:
    October 8, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    […] this – you can donate any amount via the Sightsavers page; this week I clubbed together with Northern Mum and GeekMummy and donated £10 each, knowing we were giving someone back their sight between […]

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