A message from Eye Care Foundation CEO Björn Stenvers: (ECF) After screening over 50,000 children in Vietnam we face many challenges. Some provinces we concluded an increase of +1 on the majorit... Read moreEye Care & Prevention programs for Children
October 13 and we are focusing the world’s attention on the importance of eye care. We are calling on people to prioritise their own eye health and leaders to ensure eye care is accessible, in... Read moreWorld Sight Day 2022
In Vietnam, the number of women with vision impairment (2,2%) is significantly higher than the number of men (1,2%), as stated in the RAAB 2015. The higher rate in women can be explained by aspects... Read moreGender Barrier Study – ECF Vietnam
193 countries of the United Nations unanimously agreed to a new plan for vision for everyone – with eye health critical to the #SDGs. The plan sets a target for eye care for all by 2030, with... Read more2030 in Sight!
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos are experiencing extreme floods and typhoons this month. The heavy rain season is usual for the region, but the scale of this year’s events is much more severe. Th... Read moreExtreme floods and typhoons in South East Asia
The Covid-19 crisis is an uncertain and complex situation and the Eye Care Foundation is doing its utmost to ensure minimal health risks for all staff-members and their families, as well as partner... Read moreDirector’s message – Covid-19
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. The Eye Care Foundation organized... Read moreWorld Sight Day around the world
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. World Sight Day 2018 will take place on ... Read moreWorld Sight Day is almost here
As part of the “Sight for Children and People over 50 in the Mekong Delta” project, an annual donor visit took place in Ca Mau, Vietnam. This project is supported by the Standard Chartered Bank... Read moreEye care day at school in the Mekong Delta
Mrs. Den is 62 years old and lives in the Soc Trang province in Vietnam. She lives with her daughter and two grandchildren in a small house in a remote village. To get to her house you have to cros... Read more“I am so glad that I can take care of my grandchildren again”