Hollows foundation director due today
Gabi Hollows, the founding director of the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) in Sydney, Australia, is schedued to arrive in Bangladesh for a two-day visit today, the foundation said in a statement yesterday.
Michael Johnson, deputy chair of the foundation board, and Ram Neupane, director for business operations, will accompany Hollows.
FHF is an Australia-based international NGO focusing on fighting cataract blindness and it currently operates in more than 19 countries, according to the statement.
In Bangladesh, together with the government and its partners, the foundation is working towards eliminating avoidable blindness through setting up sustainable eye care programmes.
Hollows will meet AFM Ruhal Haque, health and family welfare minister; Greg Wilcock, Australian high commissioner, and other high officials of the government.
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