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Better vision for everyone

Eye Care Foundation has been committed for over 40 years to a world without avoidable blindness and visual impairment, enabling people to fully participate in society.

This is how we work towards better vision

Worldwide, 1 billion people live with avoidable visual impairment, such as blindness or low vision. Conditions like cataract or untreated eye diseases can lead to social isolation, unemployment, and poverty. That’s why we are committed to making eye care accessible, affordable, and sustainable. In Cambodja, Laos, Nepal, Tanzania and Vietnam we work together with our local offices to improve access to eye care for vulnerable communities in remote areas of low- and middle-income countries, where there is often a shortage of medical resources, knowledge, and eye care professionals.

Our support enables people to see their (grand)children again, return to work, and fully participate in their communities.

We always collaborate with local partners and governments, ensuring that clinics can eventually operate independently. In this way, we build lasting eye care step by step.

This is what we have achieved

Service delivery

  • Over 1,145,000 adults and children screened
  • Over 23,200 cataract and other eye surgeries performed
  • Over 26,300 glasses provided

Education

  • More than 3,900 healthcare workers, teachers, and volunteers trained
  • 73 ophthalmologists and 18 optometrists educated and trained
  • 113 ophthalmic nurses trained

Infrastructure

  • 20 eye clinics opened and renovated
  • 2,238 eye clinics equipped with modern ophthalmic equipment and medical supplies

Awareness raising

  • More than 2,000,000 children and adults reached with awareness and education

* Figures from 2021 to 2024

Toine van Peperstraten

Ambassador Eye Care Foundation

“Since 2019, I have been an ambassador for Eye Care Foundation. Without glasses, I wouldn’t have made it through secondary school. I sat at the back of the classroom and couldn’t read the questions. That’s when I realized I needed glasses.

The small round metal frames I was given were always loose in my bag and had to be repaired several times because I handled them so carelessly. For us, it’s normal to visit an eye doctor or optician, but that should be the case everywhere in the world.

That’s why I am an ambassador for Eye Care Foundation. Good vision is not a luxury. It’s essential for learning, working, and fully participating in life.

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