Eyes of the World
Eyes of the World trains local doctors and contributes to technical knowledge; conducts eye health campaigns about hygiene and early detection of disease; provides medical equipment and material to healthcare centers; contributes to the improvement of management systems and procedures for eye health; and raises public awareness about the lack of ophthalmological services in the poorest countries
Eyes of the World is a non-profit foundation that helps poor people with impaired vision receive qualified ophthalmological attention from their local health services. It also creates the conditions to reduce eye disease, and increases public awareness about basic healthcare deficiencies.
What we do
- Train local doctors and contribute to technical knowledge
- Prevent avoidable blindness through eye health campaigns about hygiene and early detection of disease.
- Provide medical equipment and material to healthcare centers
- Improve the visual health of people with ocular pathologies
- Contribute to the improvement of management systems and procedures for eye health
- Raise public awareness about the lack of ophthalmological services in the poorest countries