Helena Ndume

“We are suffering today in our health ministry because of these middlemen and tenderpreneurs. That’s why we don’t even have medicine in our hospitals today because they are busy suing each other. Suddenly, we cannot get medicine anymore because of that and people are dying, and it is not nice. Thank God we have our good Samaritans, who are helping us. Otherwise, there will be no eye camp happening here.”

“My biggest goal in life is to end preventable blindness and to build a team of committed young people that will continue to fight against it, so even when I am not here, they will carry on the mission.”

“IT'S an honour to receive such recognition for my impact as a humanitarian ophthalmologist. I am humbled as I extend gratitude and appreciation to the Lions Club.”