Andean medical mission is non-profit organisation that aims to provide quality eye care in the remote areas of the Bolivian Amazon and the Andean mountains. They are working to eliminate avoidable blindness within these communities.
Many of the peoples livelihoods are agricultural, something that without vision is next to impossible. Although food rich, they often lack the funds necessary to not only save their sight but to fund the journey itself to the bigger cities; some of which during rainy season are only accessible via river and with journeys that can take over a week to complete.
These images focus less on the surgery itself but aim to give people an insight into life of the people in these small rural villages.
