Fred Hollows Foundation project

Eye care in Vanuatu to be boosted by Fred Hollows Foundation

To mark its 25th anniversary, the charity is upgrading and expanding the Port Vila National Eye Centre.

Combined with the impending arrival of a Foundation-trained eye doctor, the expansion will help increase Vanuatu's eye surgery capacity from 200 to 800 per year.

New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs this week announced it would make a contribution of around $US380,000 to the project.