Newsletter WAEH | Register for the new CoP – Fundraising
Want to learn more about fundraising? Please join our Community of Practice – Fundraising!
🗓️ January 22, 2026
🕐 01.00 PM CET
This Community of Practice (CoP) will officially launch on 22 January, from 01.00 – 02.00 PM CET. We will bring together fundraising professionals from eye hospitals worldwide to exchange experiences, share best practices, and explore strategies to strengthen sustainable fundraising in eye care.
The CoP is led by Juliette Fahlenbrach, Fundraising professional at Fondation Asile des aveugles – the Hôpital ophtalmique Jules-Gonin. She is also Co-Lead of the Community of Practice on foundation giving for Swiss fundraising, the national organization of Swiss fundraisers. With her strong background in foundation fundraising and community building, Juliette will guide this CoP as a collaborative and practical learning space. Are you interested in joining this Community of Practice? 👇🏻
Please note that this session is only open to staff working at WAEH member eye hospitals. Not a member yet? Join the global WAEH community via our website.
Submit your WAEH Project proposal!
Deadline: January 31, 2026
Do you have a great idea to improve ophthalmic care worldwide? Turn your idea into a project with global impact on eyecare! 👁️✨🌍
Send in your project proposal before January 31, 2026. Download the project proposal format via our website and send your Project Proposal to Maaike van Zuilen:
The World Association of Eye Hospitals supports 2 to 4 projects each year, offering €7,500 to finance the project.
Current projects:
- Cataract Calendar Project (by Moorfields Eye Hospital, London – 2025)
- Advanced Practice Orthoptists: Co-management and Care Plan Facilitation (by The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital – 2025)
- Anaesthetic modalities, cost and patient-reported intraoperative pain in ophthalmic surgery (by Clinica Oftalmológica Pasteur – 2025)
- Developing Guidelines for Nursing and Allied Healthcare Staff to assist Visually Impaired Patients (by King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) – 2025)
All projects aim on one shared mission: enhancing the quality and safety of eye care globally. Outcomes are shared across the WAEH network! Participation is exclusive to WAEH members.
Communities of Practice in 2026
As part of the WAEH, members have the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience during Community of Practice (CoP) meetings. These meetings allow members to share their expertise, exchange personal experiences, and offer valuable resources, fostering a supportive environment for continuous growth in our roles. Currently we have six running CoPs, focused on Fundraising, Finances, FAIR images in Ophthalmology, Human Resources, Nurses and Allied Health Staff and Innovation.
World-first Moorfields project shows great promise for treatment of chronic hypotony
News from full member Moorfields Eye Hospital
A Moorfields project published today in the British Journal of Ophthalmology demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony.
This condition is characterised by abnormally low eye pressure, which alters the eye’s normal shape and internal structure. Over time, this can lead to progressive and permanent vision loss, often taking several years to result in blindness. Hypotony may develop as a result of underlying eye conditions that damage the part of the eye responsible for producing the fluid that maintains normal eye pressure.
The Wilmer Eye Institute 2025 Annual Report
News from our full member Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Medicine
The Wilmer Eye Institute recently released its 2025 annual report, commemorating a landmark year in which the institute celebrated its 100th anniversary. Among the year’s highlights was the 19th annual World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH) meeting.
2026
January
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Friday, 16 January
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Nd:YAG laser for posterior capsulotomy training for nurses and ophthalmic health care professionals
Monday, 19 January
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Hands-on Simulation Course
Thursday, 22 January | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice – Fundraising
Wednesday, 28 January
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Laser course for ophthalmic healthcare professionals
Saturday, 31 January
WAEH Project Proposals 2026 – Deadline
February
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Wednesday, 4 February
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Basic slit lamp and Goldmann tonometry study day
11-24 February
Management Training for Eye Care Programme Managers by Aravind Eye Care System
Thursday, 26 February | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice – FAIR Images in Ophthalmology
March
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2&3 March
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Fundoscopy training programme
Friday, 6 March
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Hot topics in comprehensive ophthalmology
Thursday, 12 March | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Board Meeting
Want to share ideas with the board? Please share: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Monday, 16 March
Workshops by Moorfields Education: Pregnancy considerations in women with eye disease: a day of obstetrics for ophthalmologists
Thursday, 26 March | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice – Human Resources
April
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Thursday, 30 April | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Nurses and Allied Health Personnel
May
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Thursday, 28 May | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Innovation
June
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Thursday, 11 June | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Board Meeting
Want to share ideas with the board? Please share: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Thursday, 25 June | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Finances
July
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Thursday, 2 July | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Fundraising
August
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Thursday, 20 August | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – FAIR images in Ophthalmology
September
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Thursday, 24 September | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Human Resources
October
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Thursday, 8 October | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Board Meeting
Want to share ideas with the board? Please share: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Thursday, 15 October | 13.00 PM CEST
WAEH Community of Practice – Nurses and Allied Health Personnel
November
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9-13 November
20th Annual WAEH Meeting in Brazil
Please check out the event website and register yourself.
All CoP’s have their meeting during the Annual Meeting.
Tuesday, 10 November
WAEH Board Meeting – in person meeting in Brazil
Want to share ideas with the board? Please share: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
December
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Thursday, 3 December | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Board Meeting
Want to share ideas with the board? Please share: maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org
Thursday, 17 December | 13.00 PM CET
WAEH Community of Practice – Innovation
Questions? Share news?
Do you have a special request? Would you like to organize a webinar or share news? Would you like to be (digitally) connected to a certain person in one of our member eye hospitals? Please feel very welcome to share your questions via the new Community Tool or contact Maaike van Zuilen: Maaike.vanzuilen@waeh.org