Good Things · 26 days ago

How Amanda’s Experience with Blindness Is Now Restoring Sight for Others

Three years ago, Amanda Cromhout's world was plunged into darkness by a harrowing fungal infection, stripping her of sight in one eye and dousing her life in uncertainty and pain. Emerging from this abyss with renewed vision, Amanda transformed her ordeal into Blind Loyalty, a lifeline for those grappling with curable blindness in South Africa's Eastern Cape. "Every month... approximately 25 patients... get their blindness reversed," she shares, revealing a tapestry of hope woven from her own woven from her struggle. Her ninth Comrades Marathon stands as a testament to her unwavering commitment, each step a pledge to illuminate the lives of those dwelling in darkness. At its heart lies the paradox of sight-how losing it catalyzed the clarity needed to change others' lives.

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