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KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, often speaks of “glow-incidences” when explaining how many families in the KTG community find their way to each other or how doctors and NGOs cross paths. This was very much the case with Megan’s most recent conversation with Roger March Alexandre.  …

What Is It? Coats’ disease is a very rare eye disorder where blood vessels develop abnormally in the retina. The retina is the part of the eye that transmits light images to the brain. In people with Coats’, blood vessels break open and leak fluid …

The Ocular Octopus, an educational, stuffed octopus with removable eyes, is the wonderful creation of Hillary Yeager. Children featured in the KTG Glow Gallery who have lost an eye to a glow-related eye disease will be sent this fun yellow octopus and its accompanying book …

Dhiman Halder is an amazing Ambassador for Know the Glow in Bangladesh.  As a professional changemaker, Dhiman has a long track record of working with organizations like BRAC, CARE, and Practical Action to realize the potential of disadvantaged people.  Dhiman is the father of a …

Recently, our own Christina Gill was interviewed by CHVN Radio Canada regarding the awareness campaign we are currently running in that country!  She spoke about the need for awareness and education and about her personal journey with her son, Eli, who has lost an eye …

Ana Sebrek’s one woman crusade to improve vision care in Croatia began the day her son, Noa, was diagnosed with Coats’ Disease. Coats’ Disease is a very rare eye disease.  Ana discovered this herself as her son was only the second patient in Croatia to seek help for …

In 2017, Dr. Ido Didi Fabian had just completed a three-year fellowship in Ocular Oncology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Wanting to take a deep breath and slow down his pace, he decided that he would take his family the long …

Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, recently had the opportunity to “join” Dr. Michael Jones on his morning commute to work. Dr. Jones, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Sydney, Australia was driving to visit a patient family in a hospital across town and was excited to hear …

Christina joined our team in January 2022 after her youngest son Eli lost his eye to advanced Coats’ Disease in September 2021. Christina first noticed the glow in Eli’s eye September 1st and learned the many conditions that could be related to the glow from …