By Diana Bletter - June 12, 2022
It was on a safari through South Africa in 2012 when Elisa and Dr. Morris Hartstein’s four children, all under the age of 12, had what the family now refers to as their “eureka” moment.
As they drove past the shantytowns near Cape Town, the children were so shocked by the poverty that they asked their parents if they could return to Africa and do something to help.
Hartstein, 58, director of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Shamir Medical Center in Israel, recounted how he and his wife searched for volunteer programs but couldn’t find anything suitable for families with young children.
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