Sibaya Community Trust helps a total of 50 children with corrective eye surgery

The Sibaya Community Trust, in collaboration with the Keratoconus Foundation South Africa, held a celebratory gathering on Friday, March 25th, to mark the completion of corrective eye surgery and related therapies on 50 children in KwaZulu-Natal.

The agreement also allowed optometry students, doctors, and registrars from the University of KwaZulu-Natal to obtain training at the McCord Provincial Hospital in Durban.

VIVIAN REDDY ON THE GIFT OF SIGHT 

Vision loss can have a negative impact on one’s physical health by raising the chance of falling and lowering one’s quality of life. It can also affect one’s mental health, causing social isolation, despair, loneliness, dread, and worry.

Vivian Reddy, Chairman of Sibaya Casino and the Sibaya Community Trust, said it’s vital to remember people who have never known what it’s like to see.

Patients were able to receive corneal transplants, cross-linking, Intacs, and contact lenses thanks to the Sibaya Community Trust’s funding through the Keratoconus Foundation South Africa, which raises awareness about non-inflammatory eye disease.

SAVING LIVES 

For 50 underprivileged youngsters, the Sibaya Community Trust and the Keratoconus Foundation South Africa made a difference.

The trust, which is also affiliated with the South African Cardiac Foundation, funded 40 youngsters to have their hearts repaired. The Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre was the site of these operations.

SIBAYA COMMUNITY TRUST’S VARIOUS PROJECTS 

Daughters of Africa, a non-profit organization run by the Sibaya Community Trust, provides free cancer screenings. More than 400 people have been directed to specialists after discovering abnormal cells as a result of this service.

The trust has also spent over R250 million on community upliftment projects, including health education, infrastructure, and other initiatives.

Professor Vanessa Moodley, the trust’s founding Trustee, lauded the trust’s efforts while highlighting their generosity.