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Vision Action Joins IAPB to Call on Millions to Love Your Eyes

Today is World Sight Day, and we’re focussing the world’s attention on the importance of eye care. Celebrated under the #LoveYourEyes campaign, World Sight Day marks a moment where everyone is reminded...
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Dulwich College donates optical equipment to Vision Action for Ghana

Earlier this year, Dulwich College donated a Slit Lamp to Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in the Upper East Region of Ghana where international eye health charity, Vision Action, had recently established...
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Bringing Clearer Sight for School Children in Sierra Leone

In October and November 2023, six Optometrists, recruited by us will provide extra capacity to refraction clinics for secondary school children in Sierra Leone, as part of a research project measuring...
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Case study: Kokebe's bright new future

Kokebe is 14 years old and has two sisters and is one of the students that was seen through the school eye health programme provided by Vision Action in collaboration with Oromia Regional Health Bureau. She...
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Sandra

Making a difference in the lives of future leaders

Sandra is an optician at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, who typically assists the optometrist with field refractions for pupils. During the field refraction, Sandra assists the optometrist in conducting...
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Vision Action rebrands at launch event

Following our announcement last year to rebrand and change from Vision Aid Overseas to Vision Action, we have been overwhelmed with support and decided to mark the occasion by hosting an informal relaunch...
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Case study: Jessica's new pair of glasses

Jessica Asinvim is a 14-year-old girl and a pupil of OLL Girl’s JHS School in the Kassena Nankana Municipal of the Upper East Region. She wants to be a medical doctor so she can take care of sick people...
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Vision Action Chair discusses NHS Long Term Plan

Today the government published its NHS workforce plan, outlining how it’ll tackle chronic understaffing and an ageing population over the next 15 years. There is a real need for increased workforces...
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Vision Aid Overseas is now Vision Action

Vision Aid Overseas is changing – changing lives of those in low to middle income countries to see clearly – and we have been changing those lives for over 30 years! Now we are changing too! To help us...
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