12 October 2005: Six year old Amin Mahmood born in Eastbourne, Sussex, of Bangladeshi parents. is reflected in tiny lenses used by the Sightsavers charity to restore the eyesight of thousands of children with cataracts in Bangladesh. The hazy figure of the boy behind the intraocular lenses is actually how a child with cataracts sees the world before the operation. If a child born with cataracts can have the operation before the age of seven, sight can be completely restored. If it is left longer, it is often too late to completely reverse the damage.