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Vision Aid Overseas to take over from Optometry Giving Sight in the UK

From the end of April 2021, Optometry Giving Sight UK is closing and will be handing over its operations to Vision Aid Overseas. OGS will continue funding projects to address vision impairment from its North American office.
School Eye Health Update from Sierra Leone

Our ongoing School Eye Health work in Sierra Leone is seeing great results, as so far this year mobile eye clinics have visited another 79 schools.
Vision Aid Overseas joins the Captain Tom 100 challenge

Do it your way from Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May and take on the #CaptainTom100 challenge. Join team VAO today!
School Eye Health Progress in Zambia

Thirty more teachers have been trained to screen the eye health of school children in Kabwe District, in the central province of Zambia. In total 171 teachers have now been trained and they will be conducting screening exercises later this month.

Vision Aid Overseas to take over from Optometry Giving Sight in the UK

From the end of April 2021, Optometry Giving Sight UK is closing and will be handing over its UK based operations to Vision Aid Overseas.
School Eye Health Update from Sierra Leone

Our ongoing School Eye Health work in Sierra Leone is seeing great results, as so far this year mobile eye clinics have visited another 79 schools.
Vision Aid Overseas joins the Captain Tom 100 challenge

Do it your way from Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May and take on the #CaptainTom100 challenge. Join team VAO today!
School Eye Health Progress in Zambia

Thirty more teachers have been trained to screen the eye health of school children in Kabwe District, in the central province of Zambia. In total 171 teachers have now been trained and they will be conducting screening exercises later this month.
Skill training in Sierra Leone

To support our School Eye Health work in Sierra Leone, Optometry Technicians at the Kenema Vision Centre have received remote training in Paediatric Optometry.
Volunteers create new training courses

During 2020 and continuing into 2021 teams of volunteers have been working remotely from their homes to create training courses that, post-covid, we hope to deliver in Ethiopia, Zambia and Sierra Leone.
Vision Excellence at VAO

We are proud to announce that three of our amazing trustees, and a close colleague from one of our partner organisations, have been given Vision Excellence awards.
End of year update and looking forward to 2021

This year has seen many challenges for our staff in Ethiopia, Sierra Lone and Zambia, but thanks to their hard work and our amazing supporters, we have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to in 2021!
Volunteers needed to support our Trustee sub-committees

We are currently looking for additional volunteers to help with two of our Board of Trustees, sub-committees. If you have the right expertise and would like to help make a difference to an effective charity that is changing thousands of lives for the better, let us know!
Thank you and goodbye to our recycling team

This September saw the closure of our glasses recycling scheme. It is with sadness that we must say goodbye to the recycling team, but also heartfelt thanks when we look back on the amazing work they have done, recycling millions of pairs of spectacles and helping to change thousands of lives in Africa.