Samsung Supports VisionCare Project to Strengthen Cataract Surgery Training in Africa

Expanding Capacity-Building for Ophthalmologists in SEEA

Samsung is supporting VisionCare, an international NGO dedicated to preventing blindness, by providing large  displays for operating rooms in hospitals across Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia. These displays will strengthen the training of local ophthalmologists in cataract surgery as part of the “Open Your Eyes, Africa! See Together, Africa!” project. VisionCare, which received the Samsung Ho-Am Award for Social Service in 2025, is working to expand access to eye care in regions where preventable blindness remains high due to limited healthcare infrastructure. Samsung’s contribution includes the donation of Crystal UHD TVs and Full HD Smart Monitors for surgical and outpatient education, the installations were completed in August 2025 across several hospitals.

Tanzania: Muhimbili National Hospital and Tumbi Regional Referral Hospital. Tumbi Referral Hospital in particular is located in the Coast Region of Tanzania and has a history of gradual development from a dispensary in 1967 to a designated regional referral hospital as of April 2011. Initially a dispensary, it was upgraded to a health center in 1970 with a 35-bed capacity, then to a special hospital in 1996, before becoming a regional referral hospital. It now serves as a major healthcare provider in the region.

Uganda: Bethesda Medical Centre and Bethesda Hospital Soroti, a Christian-based hospital dedicated to providing medical services to the communities of Eastern Uganda. They strive for excellence through advanced equipment and ongoing training programmes.

Ethiopia: Ras Desta Damtew Memorial Hospital was established on 07 August 1924, named after the well known Italian physician “Hakim Bora”. This hospital aims to provide service to the missionaries who were stationed in the area and is the first in Ethiopia to be equipped with an elevator. It is known for providing various services, among which are internal medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, neurology, dermato venerology and psychiatry.