By Kim Moo-jung
Published: September 5, 2006, at 6:07 p.m.
Last updated: September 5, 2006, at 6:07 p.m.
Volunteers from Good People’s World Blindness Prevention Team cheer before departing on September 4 for a medical mission in Mongolia. Photo courtesy of Good People.
The World Blindness Prevention Team, led by Lee Do-jae and operated under Good People, chaired by Cho Yong-gi, is conducting a free cataract surgery outreach program from September 4 to 9 at the First People’s Hospital in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The medical mission was organized at the request of the Mongolian government, which had been deeply impressed by the team’s dedicated volunteer work in 2004 and 2005. Its activities have been recognized as going beyond humanitarian service and contributing to people-to-people diplomacy between the two countries.
The mission team consists of 16 volunteers, including team leader Lee Do-jae and medical professionals such as Dr. Gyung Bai Choi. The volunteers are treating patients at risk of blindness and providing ophthalmic care to Mongolian residents in need.
Lee said, “This mission gives us an opportunity to restore sight to people who have lived without being able to see and to share the love of Jesus with them.”
He added, “We hope to bring the light of vision to neighbors around the world who have been living in darkness.”
Good People’s World Blindness Prevention Team conducts medical missions four to five times each year for low-income communities in countries including Mongolia, China, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
The team provides various forms of medical assistance, including free cataract surgery for approximately 400 patients annually.
Good People’s World Blindness Prevention Team was established in 2004 to carry out the free cataract surgery programs that had begun in developing countries in 2001 in a more systematic and effective manner.
The team was officially launched as an affiliated program of Good People through a partnership with JC Bitsomang Eye Clinic, led by Dr. Gyung Bai Choi.
The team visits conflict-affected regions and developing countries, including nations in Southeast Asia, four to five times each year to provide free sight-restoring cataract surgery to people at risk of blindness.
It also offers free ophthalmic examinations and sight-restoring surgery to underserved people in Korea. With support from individuals, companies and churches, the organization plans to continue sharing the love of Jesus through its medical work.
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