Awareness campaign to tackle chronic illnesses

The Open Eye Foundation is an organization that was started in 2011 with the aim of bringing awareness to the public about acute and chronic illnesses, organ failure, organ donation and offering support to those who live with or suffer from chronic illnesses.

Post his diagnosis and experiencing the life threatening state that chronic illness puts you in, Mosa Mphore saw a need to prevent chronic renal failure from happening to somebody else and the best way of doing this is to give people information.

“We aim to break the chain of ignorance in black communities on health issues and ultimately instil a culture of a healthy lifestyle across the nation.

“Provide the opportunity for people living with acute and chronic illnesses to realize their full potential ,” said Mphore.

Having realized how much the young is uninformed about chronic illnesses, Mphore decided to open an organization that is aimed at putting people in the light by letting them know how to prevent or deal with life threatening illness such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney diseases.

Mphore says the programme aims to enlighten the public particularly the youth because they are the ones who consume toxic and harmful substances such as alcohol which is one of the greatest contributors to Kidney failure and chronic Kidney diseases.

The organization aims to do this through educational programmes such as the Kidney Health Education and Awareness Programme (KHEAP) which will be launched on November 23 from 10.30 am till 4 pm at Balfore Sports Ground next to Mochochonono Primary School in Moletsane, Soweto.