About SEE Australia

Surgical Eye Expeditions (S.E.E.) International is a non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1974 to recruit, coordinate and deploy volunteer ophthalmologists, nurses and technicians to perform free, sight-restoring surgery throughout the developing world.

In addition to providing sight-restoring surgery to indigent patients, S.E.E. also coordinates programs designed to foster long-term benefit to developing countries.

Through symposia, roundtable discussions, and skills exchange clinics, S.E.E. updates the surgical skills of ophthalmologists throughout the world, enhancing their capacity to take care of their own underprivileged blind.

In 2001, following the 9/11 acts of terrorism, it was decided to expand the administration of SEE to a world hub at Sydney, Australia. This would facilitate the centralisation of equipment and stock, and allow the generosity and knowledge of Australia to contribute to our Mission.