Elevator Pitch: World Shoe Fund

The World Shoe Fund, founded by Manny Ohonme, combats soil-borne diseases by manufacturing and distributing footwear in Africa. This sustainable, market-based approach has provided 1.5 million pairs of shoes, reducing disease, improving school attendance, and breaking cycles of poverty across 12 countries.

Field Notes: Cure Blindness Project Fellow Sean Collon

As the Cure Blindness Project global fellow, Dr. Sean Collon spent the year working in sub-Saharan Africa under the mentorship of Dr. Geoff Tabin. The year-long fellowship in partnership with Stanford University selects top-in-class, early-career ophthalmologists to spend twelve months learning and teaching in the global eye health space. The experience is like none other.