Created for SEE International.
Paola Gabriel, 81, has end stage glaucoma, leaving her blind for life. She is assisted day to day by her granddaughter, Esther Braz, 14, (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Ndeuya Hailonga, 86, and Nangula Hailonga, 90, two blind sisters from Namibia, are assisted by two young family members. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Lucia David, 81, is blind. four-year-old Yvonne Nakundi helps her to get around and bathe. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
A patient makes his way into the eye camp (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Patients wait for treatment at the eye camp. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
A blind patient waits for surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
An elderly man with mature cataract blindness awaits surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Dr. Helena Ndume, chief surgeon at the eye camp pictured in surgery (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Dr. Ndume carries out surgery on a blind patient. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
A group of elderly Damara Nama women, who had cataract surgery the previous day, wait for their bus home. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Patients in recovery following eye surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Dr. Ndume embraces a patient following her surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Dr. Ndume celebrates with patients at the eye camp. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Female patients rejoice following their eye surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
Dr. Helena Ndume, pictured outside the remains of the first hospital in the area. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)
A smiling patient pictured following eye surgery. (Photo Credit: Brent Stirton/Verbatim for Blue Chalk Media)

A Chance to See Again

Dec. 7, 2016  :  With SEE International
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About the Project

Blue Chalk Media was commissioned by SEE International to produce a series of videos about the good work it is supporting in Namibia. SEE International provides sustainable medical, surgical and educational services through volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the objective of restoring sight and preventing blindness to disadvantaged individuals worldwide.

This short film profiles Dr. Helena Ndume, an internationally renowned Namibian ophthalmologist who has performed sight-restoring surgeries upon 35,000 Namibians, completely free of charge. In 2015, she became the winner of the first-ever United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize for her humanitarian work.

Contributors
  • Brent Stirton/Verbatim, Co-Director
  • Robert Wilson, Co-Director
  • Pam Huling, Producer
  • Greg Snider, Editor
  • Rafael Fernandez Viedma, Music Composer
  • Benjamin Peterson, Photo Retoucher
Services Provided
  • Original Cinematography
  • Original Music Composition
  • Original Still Photography
  • Post-Production
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