REAL EYES

Western Guatemala is one of the most impoverished regions in the Western Hemisphere, with many people also suffering from severe eye problems. If left untreated, these ailments often lead to blindness, which can have significant social and economic impacts, affecting family members and the larger community. REAL EYES profiles the work of Hospital de la Familia, a unique eye hospital once dependent on sporadic, temporary visits by teams of visiting American doctors and now staffed with Indigenous Guatemalan and other Central American eye specialists. The results have been dramatic, creating a more sustainable and viable model of health care that is better able to address the growing needs of the region’s four million people.