Visually impaired from Nicaragua get treated in Venezuela

The first 85 Nicaraguan eye patients operated on in Venezuela returned to their country, visibly grateful for the treatment they received as part of the South American nation's "Mission Miracle" program.

That initiative is being sponsored over the next 10 years by Cuba and Venezuela to assist more than six million low-income Latin American and Caribbean people who suffer from eye disease.
After arriving aboard a flight chartered by the Venezuelan government, patient Rosa Tremino, like the rest of her fellow travelers, wore a peaked cap which read "Mission Miracle," as well as a red shirt with an inscription in Spanish saying "A People Coming Out of the Darkness."

I am very happy to see again, said the patient, who was also sporting a new pair of glasses, a gift to all those operated on for cataracts and terigium under the Mission Miracle program.

Upon their return, the patients and their companion were received by Venezuelan Ambassador to Nicaragua Miguel Gomez and Managua city officials.

During the homecoming celebration, program coordinator Reverend Sixto Ulloa stated that the next group will go to Venezuela within the next few days. It is projected that through this effort more than 1,000 Nicaraguans will recover their eyesight before the end of the year.