# CATARACTS ARE CURABLE - THE GAMBIAN PROJECT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1189727
- **Other names:** THE CATARACTS ARE CURABLE - THE GAMBIAN PROJECT, CATARACTS ARE CURABLE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [11971279](https://opencompanies.uk/company/11971279)
- **Registered:** June 1, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1189727


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 Royston Drive, Wimborne
- **Postcode:** BH21 1HL
- **Phone:** 01202 885671
- **Email:** jim@cataractsarecurable.org
- **Website:** https://www.cataractsarecurable.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE POOR OF THE GAMBIA BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:  (1) THE FUNDING OF OPERATIONS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE CATARACTS.  (2) THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT FOR OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL PROCEDURES.

**Activities:** The charity&#x27;s activities are encapsulated in the Charitable Objects below.  What we do is simple: we raise money and fund cataract operations in The Gambia.  We also procure equipment and donate it to the National Eye Health Programme.  See our website for much more detail:  www.cataractsarecurable.org (this is not a link).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Geography

- The Gambia





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Violet Hazel Phillips MA Ed** | Chair | April 1, 2019 |
| Alice Hannah Bailey BA Hons |  | April 1, 2019 |
| James Phillips BSc Hons |  | April 1, 2019 |




