Bhujung, Lamjung Eye Camp

Bhujung is one of the largest Gurung villages in Lamjung. And yet, until November 2025, no one had ever brought a cataract surgery camp there. Not once.
Think about what that means. People living with preventable vision loss, in a village that size, simply because the healthcare never made it up the hill.
From November 5 to 9, 2025, that changed. A five-day Free Cataract Surgery Camp was held in Bhujung, led by Bhujung Municipality, with technical support from Himalayan Eye Hospital, management by Mutu Foundation, and operational organized by the Rotary Club of Himalayan Golfers. It wasn't easy to pull off. The terrain alone makes logistics complicated. But the team got it done, and the numbers tell the story clearly. 658 individuals screened. 78 cataract surgeries completed. 350 black spectacles distributed. And the reach didn't stop at Bhujung. Neighboring communities like Mallingo and Nau-Ghalegaun came too, people who'd traveled with the quiet hope that someone had finally come for them.
This camp was part of RCHG's broader "Reaching the Unreached" project, and that name earns its meaning here. Cataract blindness is reversible. That's the part that stays with you. These aren't people who had to lose their sight. They just hadn't been reached yet. And when they were, 78 of them walked away seeing the world again. Not as a statistic. As fathers, mothers, farmers, neighbors, people who can now move through their lives with independence and dignity restored.
That's what service looks like when it actually goes where it's needed.