Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:15:57 +0000
Fred Hollows was born on April 9, 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand, the second
of Joseph and Clarice Hollows’ four boys.
According to Fred, his mother and father were “very strong in the church”.
The family atmosphere was respectable, teetotal and non-smoking, but not
pious and not judgmental.
Fred was most influenced by his father, who was a kind of Christian
Marxist, a pacifist with firm views about the basic wage. Joseph Hollows
was a railwayman, the son and grandson of coalminers. He was also a keen
chrysanthemum grower – a hobby he turned into a successful business when he
retired and the family shifted to a small plot of land out of town.
Fred Hollows first visited Eritrea in 1987 when the country was still
fighting for its independence. The Foundation continues his efforts,
working there to eliminate avoidable blindness caused by cataract and
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