Sharing knowledge and skills
In certain regions in Asia, Africa and South America, vision-impaired or blind people depend entirely on others. This makes it difficult for them to work or even be part of their community. At the same time, good eye care could have prevented most of these cases. That is why we work with local teams in these parts of the world. So far. We have given about 40,000 work sessions and trained over 400 eye doctors and over 2000 ophthalmology colleagues. Sharing knowledge and skills locally ensures long-term value in areas most needed.
How we improve eye care
Eye Care Foundation enhances the local capacity by setting up training programmes on all levels. We train teachers to conduct eye exams in school, so children with eye problems can get help quicker. We tackle the infrastructure and build eye clinics. These are provided with medical equipment; we also donate equipment to other medical centres. We finance treatments like cataract surgery, eye exams for people of all ages and prescription glasses. The support of Eye Care Foundation is most successful when the eye centres are run independently by local staff and with local supportive policy.
Mobile eye camps
Doctors should be able to visit patients, especially in countries that lack good infrastructure. We make this possible by setting up mobile eye camps in remote areas. A mobile eye camp has specialised eye doctors, supporting medical staff, and all surgery equipment like an operating table, operating materials, medicine, bandages and medical instruments. Everything is transported safely and hygienically. The camp is set up locally, and we create an exam and an operating room.
Eye clinics
In certain active regions, we operate specialised care centres. Some of these smaller eye care centres have grown into full-fledged eye clinics. Eye Care Foundation supports these initiatives on the condition that they are locally supported.
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.
Our activities are completely clear
Our focus is on improving, preventing and curing. This is what we do:
Together for better vision
