THE humanitarian crisis in Yemen is often forgotten as other global crises arise, say ophthalmologists from the Anglican diocese of Cyprus & the Gulf, who have been working at a specialist eye clinic at Christ Church, Aden, since 2002. Paul Feheley, Middle East partnership officer for the US Episcopal Church, told the Episcopal News Service (ENS). The Ras Morbat Eye Clinic is described as seeing a steady stream of patients, despite running on two hours of electricity a day and having intermittent phone and internet service. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees brings Somalians from the Kharaz refugee camp to Ras Morbat every Tuesday for ophthalmology services. A resolution passed by the Episcopal Church’s 2022 General Convention launched the campaign “Fund an Ophthalmologist at the Ras Morbat Clinic”.

Source: The Times July 10, 2025 23:16 UTC