New Sight Eye Care serves in the Republic of Congo to restore and protect sight, transforming lives and communities in the region.

Why Congo? We recognise that while eye health services are inadequate in many low-income countries, they are non-existent in northern Congo. That is why we chose to start with the poorest and most neglected communities in the north of Congo.

Our vision is for a world where no one is needlessly blind. Ninety percent of the people in the world who are blind or visually impaired suffer from preventable or treatable causes of blindness. We are committed to eliminating all reversible and preventable causes of blindness and severe visual impairment.

Henri Samoutou is a Senior Ophthalmic Technician with surgical skills, and Joyce Samoutou-Wong is a Family Doctor. Together, they founded New Sight Eye Care because of their calling. Joyce and Henri said, “We want to use the medical skills that God has blessed us with as a vehicle to bring hope to the blind and their loved ones in Africa. Medical ministry is not cheap, but we simply cannot put a price tag on sight.” That continues to be their motivation for this exciting life-transforming project.

We opened our Impfondo eye centre in 2012, our Ouesso Interim Eye Centre in 2019, as well as our Interim Surgical Centre in 2022, to provide accessible comprehensive eye care. Our new hospital in 6 hectares of land is under construction and the eye block with room for other medical specialities is planned to be opened in 2024.