Curing Blindness: How Thousands Are Getting Their Sight Back | Short Film Showcase

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[Music] put afternoon business welcome to our

put afternoon business welcome to our

put afternoon business welcome to our talk to the program and now we hear this

talk to the program and now we hear this

talk to the program and now we hear this special guest information at the State

special guest information at the State

special guest information at the State Hospital thank you man – my name is

Hospital thank you man – my name is

Hospital thank you man – my name is decision cooler I am here to tell our

decision cooler I am here to tell our

decision cooler I am here to tell our people we are going to have an i camp

people we are going to have an i camp

people we are going to have an i camp Natasha cot a state hospital we are here

Natasha cot a state hospital we are here

Natasha cot a state hospital we are here to invite all the other people or

to invite all the other people or

to invite all the other people or everybody who is at home that is not

everybody who is at home that is not

everybody who is at home that is not seen to come and see us at the eye

seen to come and see us at the eye

seen to come and see us at the eye clinic so we are doing all of our

clinic so we are doing all of our

clinic so we are doing all of our listener that we have got one month for

listener that we have got one month for

listener that we have got one month for you to come to the hospital for your

you to come to the hospital for your

you to come to the hospital for your screening to be operated during our I

screening to be operated during our I

screening to be operated during our I camp if you are seeing a person around

camp if you are seeing a person around

camp if you are seeing a person around you who is not seen please bring them to

you who is not seen please bring them to

you who is not seen please bring them to the hospital

the hospital

the hospital bring your uncle bring your grandmother

bring your uncle bring your grandmother

bring your uncle bring your grandmother bring everybody to come this is your

bring everybody to come this is your

bring everybody to come this is your chance to see a king

my name is dr. Helen Indomie I do have a

my name is dr. Helen Indomie I do have a vehicle name it is traditional name

vehicle name it is traditional name

vehicle name it is traditional name which is Sunday Pavano it means I am

which is Sunday Pavano it means I am

which is Sunday Pavano it means I am better off I was born during the

better off I was born during the

better off I was born during the apartheid system where the education was

apartheid system where the education was

apartheid system where the education was different for the black people and white

different for the black people and white

different for the black people and white people where young people were

people where young people were

people where young people were demonstrating and scared to be arrested

demonstrating and scared to be arrested

demonstrating and scared to be arrested to be put in prison they decide to leave

to be put in prison they decide to leave

to be put in prison they decide to leave the country we left the country with

the country we left the country with

the country we left the country with three of my friends and we may need to

three of my friends and we may need to

three of my friends and we may need to sneak over the border into an world in

sneak over the border into an world in

sneak over the border into an world in Angola there was civil war bombings and

Angola there was civil war bombings and

Angola there was civil war bombings and killings camps being attacked in the

killings camps being attacked in the

killings camps being attacked in the middle of the night while we are

middle of the night while we are

middle of the night while we are sleeping while hearing bullets flying

sleeping while hearing bullets flying

sleeping while hearing bullets flying all over your head copses all over the

all over your head copses all over the

all over your head copses all over the place and managing our 15 years old

place and managing our 15 years old

place and managing our 15 years old [Music]

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[Music] we cross into Zambia I ended up in the

we cross into Zambia I ended up in the

we cross into Zambia I ended up in the refugee camps where we build hospitals

refugee camps where we build hospitals

refugee camps where we build hospitals and built our own schools

and built our own schools

and built our own schools we built our parents where we were going

we built our parents where we were going

we built our parents where we were going to stay and we started going to school

to stay and we started going to school

to stay and we started going to school then we have magnetic history geography

then we have magnetic history geography

then we have magnetic history geography English and all that it was completely

English and all that it was completely

English and all that it was completely eye-opening I ended up went to

eye-opening I ended up went to

eye-opening I ended up went to university in Leipzig Germany to start

university in Leipzig Germany to start

university in Leipzig Germany to start medicine when independence came to

medicine when independence came to

medicine when independence came to Namibia I came back home I started my

Namibia I came back home I started my

Namibia I came back home I started my internship I was the only opthamologist

internship I was the only opthamologist

internship I was the only opthamologist working for the state you have to know

working for the state you have to know

working for the state you have to know that button then it is a belief that

that button then it is a belief that

that button then it is a belief that when you are already go blind and that

when you are already go blind and that

when you are already go blind and that is God’s willing nothing can be done

is God’s willing nothing can be done

is God’s willing nothing can be done about it

when I started the I cans just 82

when I started the I cans just 82 patient came because they say if you go

patient came because they say if you go

patient came because they say if you go there that young girl is going to

there that young girl is going to

there that young girl is going to destroy your eyes but then the 82 that

destroy your eyes but then the 82 that

destroy your eyes but then the 82 that we operated on spread the message like

we operated on spread the message like

we operated on spread the message like wildfire the following year we couldn’t

wildfire the following year we couldn’t

wildfire the following year we couldn’t control the crowd they came in there

control the crowd they came in there

control the crowd they came in there thousand everybody now wanted to be

thousand everybody now wanted to be

thousand everybody now wanted to be operated on they stand up independence

operated on they stand up independence

operated on they stand up independence and really come we have doctors and now

and really come we have doctors and now

and really come we have doctors and now we can see you cannot just be in the

we can see you cannot just be in the

we can see you cannot just be in the private practice making money knowing

private practice making money knowing

private practice making money knowing very well there are thousands who are

very well there are thousands who are

very well there are thousands who are blind and they need help and you cannot

blind and they need help and you cannot

blind and they need help and you cannot call yourself a developed country if you

call yourself a developed country if you

call yourself a developed country if you have people getting blind from cataracts

have people getting blind from cataracts

have people getting blind from cataracts day

day

day [Music]

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[Music] no money in this world can pay for the

no money in this world can pay for the

no money in this world can pay for the happiness of someone who was blind and

happiness of someone who was blind and

happiness of someone who was blind and suddenly we take of that iPad then they

suddenly we take of that iPad then they

suddenly we take of that iPad then they said doctor I can see

said doctor I can see

said doctor I can see [Music]

if I have to tell you the study that

if I have to tell you the study that they tell you after they regain their

they tell you after they regain their

they tell you after they regain their sight we’ll spend the whole night here

sight we’ll spend the whole night here

sight we’ll spend the whole night here doctor now that I can see I’m going to

doctor now that I can see I’m going to

doctor now that I can see I’m going to wake hat and plow a lot of food doctor

wake hat and plow a lot of food doctor

wake hat and plow a lot of food doctor now that I can see I’m going to see my

now that I can see I’m going to see my

now that I can see I’m going to see my grandchildren that a heaven seen for

grandchildren that a heaven seen for

grandchildren that a heaven seen for five six years

five six years

five six years or a mother who have given birth and she

or a mother who have given birth and she

or a mother who have given birth and she never saw her baby came to see the child

never saw her baby came to see the child

never saw her baby came to see the child after cataract surgery

after cataract surgery

after cataract surgery [Music]

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[Music] all of us went through difficult times

all of us went through difficult times

all of us went through difficult times during the liberation struggle in the

during the liberation struggle in the

during the liberation struggle in the refugee camps and that is also what

refugee camps and that is also what

refugee camps and that is also what connected us together that we must go

connected us together that we must go

connected us together that we must go back and help just like we were helped

back and help just like we were helped

back and help just like we were helped we have to have a culture of giving back

we have to have a culture of giving back

we have to have a culture of giving back to less fortunate people so that they

to less fortunate people so that they

to less fortunate people so that they can also be transformed

can also be transformed

can also be transformed just like ours transformed