Changing the Way the World Sees
Our vision & mission
We are an international non-profit bringing people together to fight avoidable blindness. With our network of partners we mentor, train and inspire local teams to fight blindness in their own communities.
News & Stories
Preserving Sight for Premature Infants in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
For young doctor Le Thi Mong Kieu from Can Tho Pediatric Hospital, providing screening and treatment for Retinopathy of Premature (ROP) is now a skill she carries out with confidence, but this wasn’t always the case. “Previously we thought [the infants] were too weak and vulnerable to do so,” explains 27-year-old Dr. Kieu.
Highlights of What We Do
Vision for our children
Almost 3 million children in Vietnam are have a visual impairment. Around 1.7 million of those have an uncorrected refractive error, meaning a simple pair of glasses would restore their vision. With the majority of these children living in rural areas we focused our efforts on the provinces of Binh Dinh, Thua Thien – Hue, Can Tho and Ca Mau.
Highlight of Our Capacity Building
Teaching & Training
Our long-term teaching and training programs form the backbone of our work. By sharing skills with local eye teams we can improve the quality of eye care available for generations to come.
