How Can We Help?
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Operations and Logistics
- Do you take medical supply donations?
- How we fund emergency operations
- How you can help fund vital operations for children
- Do patients have to wait for their operation until they're fully funded?
- How do you manage demand for operations?
- What if a patient needs more surgery?
- Are donations charged a transaction fee?
- How is Humanity Direct helping end unaffordable medical care?
- What types of medical conditions are commonly addressed through Humanity Direct's interventions?
- How does Humanity Direct work with hospitals in Uganda?
- What is Anorectal Malformation / Anal Stenosis?
- Maxillofacial Surgery Overview
- Neurosurgery for brain tumours.
- What does a Glasses for Classes clinic do?
- How much does a pair of Glasses for Glasses for Classes cost?
- How are the glasses for classes made?
- How can school's support Glasses for Classes?
- What is Glasses for Classes?
- What are the challenges in providing medical care in remote areas?
- Does Humanity Direct help patients post-operation?
- What are your most performed surgeries?
- What are the most expensive surgical procedures to fund?
- How do we keep supply costs down?
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Marathons & Events
- What is an ultra marathon
- What is a marathon
- What is a half marathon
- When is our next fundraiser?
- How to Train for a Marathon
- Body Conditioning for Marathon Runners
- What Kit Do I Need for a Marathon?
- What Are the Hardest Parts of a Marathon?
- Why Do People Run Marathons?
- Can I pick any event to fundraise at?
- Do I have to run a specific length?
- Things You Need to Know Before Your First Marathon
- Fundraiser Training - Which apps can help?
- I can’t run, are there other ways I can fundraise?
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Life Saving Care for Children
- Who needs medical donations
- Where do Humanity Direct surgeries take place?
- Where to find patient success stories
- What is Humanity Direct?
- What is Humanity Direct's process for featuring patients on website?
- What are urgent medical needs according to Humanity Direct?
- What criteria are used to prioritise patients for surgery?
- What is the process for a child to be considered for surgery through Humanity Direct?
- How does Humanity Direct support patients and their families during the recovery process?
- What Is Glaucoma?
- What Is Trachoma?
- What Is an Umbilical Hernia?
- What Is an Inguinal Hernia?
- What Is a Scrotal Hernia?
- What Is a Supraumbilical Hernia?
- What Is a Hiatal Hernia?
- What is Severe Phimosis?
- What is Hypospadias?
- What Is an Urethal Cutenous Fistula?
- What Is a Hydrocele?
- What Are Undescended Testis?
- What Is Adenoid Hypertrophy / Enlarged Adenoids?
- What is Anorectal Malformation / Anal Stenosis?
- What is Hydrocephalus?
- What are the challenges in providing medical care in remote areas?
- Does Humanity Direct help patients post-operation?
- What impact does glasses for classes have on the community?
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Donations
- Positive impact of small donations
- How much of the donation reaches patients?
- How will my donation be used?
- Do you take medical supply donations?
- Who benefits from my donation?
- Who needs medical donations
- Where do donated funds go
- What are successful donation stories
- How donations help patients: the impact of generosity
- How you can help fund vital operations for children
- What happens if a patients profile isn’t fully funded?
- What is the Humanity Direct Universal Fund?
- What are the tax implications for individual donors contributing to Humanity Direct?
- What are the tax implications for corporate donors contributing to Humanity Direct?
- How can individuals get involved with Humanity Direct beyond donating?
- Can I donate directly to Humanity Direct’s Universal Fund?
- What happens during a school glasses for classes fundraiser?
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Useful Information
- Plastic surgery for burn injuries in children
- Cataract surgery in children
- Hydrocephalus surgery in children
- Enlarged adenoids surgery in children
- Neglected Tropical Diseases in Uganda
- Contractures in rural Uganda
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome in rural Uganda
- Glaucoma in Uganda
- Who are Humanity Direct?
- Can I donate directly to Humanity Direct’s Universal Fund?
- What happens during a school glasses for classes fundraiser?
- What are the most expensive surgical procedures to fund?
- What impact does glasses for classes have on the community?
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What is Glasses for Classes?
Glasses for Classes is our initiative to bring eye care and glasses to children who can’t see properly.
We hold three rounds of eye tests a year during term times visiting at least five schools at every round. So far we’ve provided over 30,000 eye tests providing over 4000 children with the poorest eye sight with a pair of prescription glasses.
We work in rural areas where classrooms are dark because there is no electricity, and the blackboard is often extremely worn, leaving many students struggling to see what they need to study.
Some students will struggle with distance, and others will struggle with near vision. For those that can’t see properly a pair of glasses can mean the difference between being able to see what you need to study to pass your exams and staying in school or failing your exams and leaving school early.
Our Glasses for Classes students have big ambitions – they want to be teachers, doctors, engineers and accountants. A pair of glasses means they’ll be able to see what they’re studying, pass their exams and fulfill those ambitions!