# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helena-ndume
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:04:54.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helena-ndume"
name: "Helena Ndume"
slug: "helena-ndume"
description: "Helena Ndaipovanhu Ndume is a Namibian ophthalmologist, notable for her charitable work among sufferers of eye-related illnesses in Namibia. To date, Ndume has ensured that some 30,000 blind Namibians have received eye surgery and are fitted with intra-ocular lens implants free of charge. Ndume is currently the head of the ophthalmology department at Windhoek Central Hospital, Namibia's largest hospital, and is one of only six Namibian ophthalmologists. She was listed as one of BBC's 100 women during 2018. Her biggest goal in life is to end preventable blindness and to build a team of committed young people to carry on with the mission even when she is not here."
tagline: "Doctor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_de_Helena_Ndume.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           36.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.802736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Ndume"
    title: "Helena Ndume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ہیلینا نڈیوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16733226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump