Fred Hollows' timeline

1929-born in New Zealand 

1960- got a job in Austral  

1970- Helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians.

1980-Fred was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries.

1989-Fred Hollows knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas.

1993-Fred died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children

Turning point:

In 1960, Fred got a job in Australia. Five years later he was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.

acheavments :
In the 1970's, he helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians. Fred was great at inspiring people. He got doctors to give their time to the program. Many other people volunteered. In three years the team travelled all over outback Australia. It treated 30,000 people, performed a thousand operations and prescribed more than 10,000 pairs of glasses.