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A First Lady Who Puts the Last First. The eponymous charitable Foundation of Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya is teaming up with the French Association of the world’s oldest international charity, the Order of Malta, to alleviate poverty and eye disease and raise life expectancies among the remotest communities of Cameroon, and, in turn, of the whole African Continent, and the world
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Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya. A First Lady Who Puts the Last First. The Bridge MAG. Image

Ophtalmo Sans Frontières (OSF), a partnership between the Chantal Biya Foundation (CBF) of Cameroon and the French Association of the Order of Malta (FAOM), is aiming to provide ophthalmic disease screenings –incorporating diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and eyewear prescription– for 80,000 people living in remote rural areas of Cameroon, by 2016.

Cameroon’s First Lady, Mrs. Chantal Biya, is very kind: a high-profile international figure whose prestigious status …