TRIP TO THE CONGO
There are experiences that really change your vision of things. Not that I am a novice in these matters, but I have to confess...
Nigeria 2021
The opportunity that the Elena Barraquer Foundation has given me to travel to developing countries to help operate on people blinded by cataracts has...
Surgical Expedition in the Peruvian Amazon (Juanjuí)
Surgical Expedition in the Peruvian Amazon 🇵🇪 (Juanjuí) where the collaboration between the Elena Barraquer Foundation and Oftalmosalud has managed to restore the vision...
I’ll Take “The Gratitude” The Dakar 2020
Being part of the expedition to Dakar with the Elena Barraquer Foundation has been an experience that, without a doubt, has given me vitally...
Senegal, a young team with a great passion
On this occasion the members of the expedition came from Bilbao, the Canary Islands and Barcelona. We met in Barcelona on Saturday 7th to...
Visit from Santa Claus
On Friday, December 20th, we had a very special view at the headquarters of the Elena Barraquer Foundation. Santa Claus collected letters from the...
Christmas Market
For the third consecutive year, we celebrated our traditional Christmas market, with all kinds of gift items. It was a great success because more...
Sierra Leone 2019
Since Teté Ferreiro and Elena Barraquer gave me the opportunity to work with them at the Foundation and help them preparing the medical expeditions,...
World Sight Day (WSD)
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and...
Making a significant difference
For me, the most exciting moment of our trip to Morocco was to leave the operating room to the waiting room, looking for the...
To find people in life that you wish you could stay close to, Angola 2019
Angola, February 2019. A team made up of three ophthalmologists, two anaesthetists, three nurses and three development workers leave Barcelona for Angola with a...
Unforgettable
I remember as if it were today a normal Wednesday morning with a lot of work. The telephone rings … it’s Teté … we...