Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO)

In 2004, ABDO announced Vision Aid Overseas as its official Charity of Choice and committed to support their work in a number of ways.

Every year, ABDO will award bursaries to successful applicants who are members of ABDO with a £500 donation towards their fundraising total for their overseas assignment.

Recent bursary winners: Judith Searle who went to Ethiopia and Lisa Cole, Nita Odedra and Deepkirian Cheema who went to Zambia.

How to apply

If you’re a Dispensing Optician and have been selected to join our overseas assignment, you can apply for an ABDO bursary by contacting Sir Anthony Garrett by emailing tgarrett@abdo.org.uk at the Association of British Dispensing Opticians explaining why you would like to apply for the bursary.

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Victoria's Trip to Ghana

On the 2nd September 2017 I am travelling with Vision Aid Overseas to Ghana. Here I will be visiting Cape Coast University to train some of their Optometry students. We will be taking them on outreach in remote villages to provide eye care to locals who have no access to any kind of healthcare. The outcome of this assignment is to train students in Ghana to be able to sustain and carry out adequate eyecare in there country.
Mariana voluntering Ethiopia assigment with Vision Aid Overseas.

This is an amazing oportunity to provide eye examination, spectacles and training for sustainable eye and vision service in Ethiopia. I trully believe that everybody has the right to good sight and no one should live with poor eyesight because of poverty.
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No one lives in poverty because of poor eyesight; no one lives with poor eyesight because of poverty.

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No one lives in poverty because of poor eyesight; no one lives with poor eyesight because of poverty.
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I feel honoured and privileged and extremely exciting to say I will be going to Zambia in October with Vision Aid overseas. I would like your help in raising some money for this amazing organisation. 640 million people worldwide cant see properly simply because they need glasses!
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