Recently KnowTheGlow had the chance to speak with Mr. Bharath Balasubramaniam, President of the Sankara Eye Foundation and Eye Institute, an organization at the forefront of universal comprehensive eye care in India. With its unique and effective hybrid model Sankara aims to eliminate curable blindness …
Interview with Dr. Fabiola López
In the valley at the base of the Venezuelan Andes mountains is the town of Merida and the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), the second oldest university in Venezuela. It is also home to Dr. Fabiola López, a pediatric ophthalmologist who received her medical training …
Introducing Stella Matthew of Golden Butterflies, a Children’s Palliative Care Foundation in India
Last week, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, and her team sat down to speak with Co-Founder & Managing Trustee Stella Matthew of Golden Butterflies, a Children’s Palliative Care Foundation in India (Chennai -Tamilnadu). The Board of Trustees (Co-Founders) of Golden Butterflies were also present, comprised of …
Introducing Monika König of Kinder Augen Krebs Stiftung (KAKS), the Children’s Eye Cancer Foundation of Germany
Last week, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, and her team sat down to speak with Monika König of Kinder Augen Krebs Stiftung (KAKS), the Children’s Eye Cancer Foundation of Germany. The organization has been doing amazing and inspirational work for 12 years focused on spreading awareness …
Interview With George Abraham, Founder & CEO of the SCORE Foundation
There are close to 5.4 million people in India who are set to be irreversibly blind. George Abraham, Founder, and CEO of the SCORE Foundation (https://scorefoundation.org.in/about-us-2/) has made it his life’s work to help the world look at people with vision challenges differently – focusing …
Little Bang’s New Eye
Megan Webber sat down this month to speak with Lara Damiani, director/producer of the beautiful documentary, “Little Bang’s New Eye,” to learn about what inspired her to tell Bang’s story. In a captivating 14 minute short film, Lara managed to capture this amazing journey. Throughout …
The Extraordinary Eye by Taline Dorna
As a primary education teacher in Toronto, Canada, Taline Dorna was accustomed to having a lesson plan for her students; always organized and ready to inspire each of her students anew every day. No doubt, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, envied the backdrop of her zoom …
Dr. Livia Romero
As the national referral point for retinoblastoma cases for all of Venezuela, Dr. Livia Romero, a Pediatric Ophthalmologist in Caracas, has treated more than 500 patients since the first national Ocular Oncology unit at the Oncologic Institute Dr. Luis Razetti was created in Caracas 10 …
The Whitathon and Dr. Swathi Kaliki
Posted on 2021-04-23 It is hard to believe that in a country of one billion people, at least 25%- 30% of the retinoblastoma cases each year in India find their way to Dr. Swathi Kaliki at the world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad. …
Details: a Retinoblastoma artistic expression event
After six years at the helm of the third LVPEI Tertiary Center in Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Anasua Kapoor saw the inauguration of the “Hima Bindu Yalamanchili Centre for Eye Cancer” at the Vijayawada’s Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute this past November 2020. …