In 2017, when Sameth was 10 years old he had an accident due to the explosion of an anti-personnel mine. This caused him several wounds to his body as well as full vision loss with his left eye, and part

For third year in a row, the Fundación Fernández-Vega (FFV) has travelled to Honduras to perform cataract surgeries, first cause of reversible blindness in the world, to local patients. Performing this surgery entails little complications in Spain but becomes really

The Fundación Fernández-Vega has collaborated with EDEA Camerún and Obra Social “La Caixa” to improve the quality of life of Fabrice Samuel Edwe, 16 years old, saving one of his two eyes that had been affected with glaucoma since he

Several pterygium surgeries were performed, as well as an emergency surgery on a child due to severe corneal perforation

A team consisting in Drs Javier and Lucía Fernández-Vega and César Sierra, as well as optometrist Javier Lozano, together with Dr Javier’s wife, Mar Rodríguez and their daughter, María Fernández-Vega Rodríguez, who carried out intense welfare efforts, travelled for the

Over 50 patients underwent surgery for severe cataracts and have recovered their eyesight

One of the innovations of this trip was the visit to a camp for political refugees

From the 12th to the 18th of July 2015, a team of 17 physicians and volunteers from the Fundación Fernández-Vega and the Fundación Barraquer, will perform in Luanda, in collaboration with the Health Ministry of Angola, approximately 500 cataract surgeries

The Fundación Fernández-Vega and the Fundación Hospitalaria de la Orden de Malta in Spain (FHOME in Spanish) have signed a framework agreement whereby they will share relevant experiences for the purpose of their respective foundations.