A Kenyan doctor was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II in a special ceremony on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
According to a report by the royal website on Thursday, October 31, Doctor Hillary Rono, a leading ophthalmologist was presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in a special reception at Buckingham Palace.
The ceremony marked the completion of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust programs ahead of its planned closure in early 2020.
The trust was set up in 2012 to enrich the lives of people from all backgrounds within the Commonwealth, by working with partners towards eliminating avoidable blindness and empowering a new generation of young leaders.
Rono, who is an ophthalmologist at the Eye Unit of Kitale District Hospital, was recognised for his work with Peek Vision, a smartphone-based eye screening system that carries out vision tests and uses technology to identify people with visual impairment wherever they are.
Peek Vision team, which has been receiving support from the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, was awarded by the African Union on December 6, 2018, for having screened the eyes of all 200,000 school children in Trans Nzoia County in just three years.
Rono is one of the individuals who has been featured in a 10-minute film which explains how the legacy of the trust will continue.
He has also been featured in a book titled A Lasting Legacy, which tells stories of 62 individuals from across 54 countries whose lives have changed as a result of the Trust.
