July 21, 2024 Cathy Schanzer Update

July 21, 2024 Cathy Schanzer Update

We are home and getting back to our normal routine after our latest mission trip to Serabu, followed by a checkup visit at Duke Cancer Center. Our Serabu experience was bittersweet. It was the first time in 37 mission years that Cathy had not performed eye surgery....

Dr Schanzer Award in Sierra Leone 070724

June 29, 2024. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr. Cathy Schanzer presented “Unusual Patient Pathology at Southern Eye Clinic” to medical students and faculty of Connaught Medical School in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During her talk she profiled the impact of...

Summer 2024 Mission Update

Week 1 124 eye surgeries Patient load very heavy Dr Cathy and her Serabu Team Special prayers for Dr Cathy in the Mosque Dr Cathy and Chief...

2024 Summer Mission Trip Update 061624

The three volunteers (Shannon, Zachary and Anish) spent this week teaching in the village schools, attended a teacher training conference and a vision education course on presbyopia. Next week they will be working in the clinic. Cathy is having some difficulty and...
July 21, 2024 Cathy Schanzer Update

June 2, 2024 Cathy Schanzer Update Return to Serabu

June 2, 2024Cathy Schanzer UpdateReturn to Serabu by Tom Lewis  The last couple of weeks have included a mission presentation to our friends at a local Presbyterian Church, a 2800-mile road-trip to Subiaco Arkansas, and today’s Corpus Christi Procession. During all...

May 19, 2024 Cathy Schanzer Update Three Candles

Three Candles  Three weeks ago, we lit a candle in front of a statue of Mother Mary holding Baby Jesus, to offer our prayers of thanksgiving and appreciation for the opportunity to visit her Shrine in Lourdes. While in Lourdes, we lit a special prayer candle for our...