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Setting our sight on better vision

Together, we aim to eliminate avoidable blindness and vision impairment. Every person should be part of society without any sight limitation. Medical advisors are ophthalmologists who support and advise Eye Care Foundation. Their efforts aim to train and assist local ophthalmologists in founding new eye clinics in the countries where ECF works. Do you want to use your expertise as a medical advisor for ECF? Contact us at info@eyecarefoundation.nl. Meet our team of medical advisors.
Dr. Cees van der Windt
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Peter Jaap de Lint
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Alberta Thiadens
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Paul Ernest
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Marilette Teske-Stehouwer
Ophthalmologist
Mandy Nordmann
Orthoptist

Sharing knowledge and know-how

Our medical advisors get to work with local teams. Together, they’ve managed some 40,000 training programmes and trained over 400 eye doctors and over 2000 ophthalmology colleagues. We also educate teachers to conduct eye exams in school to make it possible for children with eye problems to be helped sooner. We tackle infrastructure by building eye clinics equipped with the right medical equipment and tools and donating to other medical centres. Moreover, we finance treatments like cataract surgeries, eye exams for elderly and school children, and prescribing eyeglasses. The support of Eye Care Foundation is most successful when eye centres are run independently and locally – in line with local policy.

Work at Eye Care Foundation

Want to put your expertise to good use and work on a better world without avoidable blindness? Join Eye Care Foundation – active in eye care for 40 years, giving millions of eye patients a better life.
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All our activities

  • Eye exams for elderly and schoolchildren
  • Training eye professionals on all levels
  • Training teachers and nursing staff to spot eye problems
  • Immediate eye care: like cataract surgeries, prescribing eyeglasses and performing simple surgical procedures
  • Contribute financially to the building and infrastructure of eye centres
  • Large financial contributions to equipment for eye clinics
  • Advocating eye within healthy policy and the health care system
  • Conduct population research on eye-related issues
  • Convince politicians and policymakers of the need for good eye care with evidential qualitative research

This is where we work

Asia

Africa

South America

Donations make our work possible

Our activities for good eye care are possible through active funding. Eye Care Foundation runs entirely on donations, large and small. Donations make our work possible; without them, these regions have no opportunities for good eye care. We use our donations directly for all our activities.
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Together for better vision