Volunteering Archives - Fundación Elena Barraquer

Mauritania 2023

Gratitude is the first word that comes to mind when I think of everything I experienced during the expedition in Mauritania. It was a...

After 7 days in Dakar…

I think of solidarity and I think of each of the magnificent companions who have accompanied me on this journey, I think of needs...

2022, an amazing year.

The Elena Barraquer Foundation has operated on a total of 5,264 cataracts during the 14 expeditions it has carried out to countries in Africa...

Cabo Verde 2022

A few years ago, when I entered the office of Dr. Amparo Navea, then director of the FOM (Valencia), on my first day as...

5th Anniversary Elena Barraquer Foundation

On the evening of Tuesday, October 18, the Elena Barraquer Foundation organized the 5th anniversary charity dinner held at the National Art Museum of...

Mozambique, always an amazing feeling.

Mozambique has been more than just an experience. As a professional, I had never experienced something similar, I have transferred my day to day...

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...

Uganda 2022

Derek is a 29 year old boy from Uganda. He approached us accompanied by his family as he couldn’t manage himself alone, result of...

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...