Joel Edgerton joins the fight against trachoma in Ethiopia

Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness and Ethiopia is at the epicentre of this painful blinding disease. Our Global Ambassador, Joel Edgerton, travelled to see The Foundation’s work first hand.

In the past four years in Ethiopia The Fred Hollows Foundation has trained more than 300 surgeons, 80,000 community members and health workers, 4,500 teachers and school health staff. All are playing a critical role in this major fight against the painful and blinding condition.

See more at: http://bit.ly/JoelsTrachomaFight

The Fred Hollows Foundation is proud to be on the front-line with partners around the world working to eliminate trachoma.

The International Coalition for Trachoma Control (ICTC) brings together non-government, donor and private sector organisations to support the alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020.

As part of the coalition, The Foundation collaborates with organisations including Pfizer, the International Trachoma Initiative, RTI International, Helen Keller International, Sightsavers, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, CBM, WaterAid, Caritas, SNV, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Orbis and receives funding from the American people through the United States Agency for International Development, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the UK Department for International Development, the Wellcome Trust, and the END Fund.

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