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1.Register 
2.Fundraise 
3.Be Rewarded 
By fundraising a target amount of money in a set time frame for The Fred Hollows Foundation you will be rewarded with an unforgettable trip (departing in 2009)!
You could be discovering Nepal by foot or elephant, experiencing Vietnam and Cambodia or kayaking in outback Australia.
On your trip, see first-hand how The Foundation and its partners work to restore sight to people who are needlessly blind and to improve the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians.
Hollows girls return to Nepal!
Fifteen years after the passing of their father Professor Fred Hollows, Emma and Anna Hollows have returned to Nepal to witness for the first time with adult eyes, the work that their father began and that continues in his name.
The girls recently spoke to Michael Gadd from New Idea magazine, about what it was like to honour their father’s memory in this way and to travel to the places Fred has touched.“Around Australia, we see Fred on posters as the face of The Foundation. But in the places around the world that benefit from the work, his face means so much more,” Emma Hollows said.
Emma, 23, and Anna, 21, travelled back to Nepal as part of The Fred Hollows Foundation’s ‘See the World’ program. The program invites everyday Australians to raise funds for The Foundation’s projects and rewards participants with a trip to one of our program countries such as Nepal, Cambodia or Vietnam. Together with two other friends, the girls successfully raised over $20,000.“There’s never been any pressure for us to follow in Fred’s footsteps, but with an upbringing like ours it’s hard not to fall into something that’s going to help people less fortunate,” Emma said.
The Fred Hollows Foundation has been working in Nepal with the internationally renowned Tilganga Eye Centre since 1994 to treat and prevent cataract blindness.