Our Team

Founded in 1985 Vision Aid Overseas has been helping some of the poorest people in the world to see properly for over 30 years. Whether you are a teacher in Ghana, a seamstress in Zambia, or a school pupil in Ethiopia, poor eye sight can have a devastating impact on your life and livelihood.

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Our staff

To find out more about who we are click here. Read more

Honorary Vice Presidents

Our Honorary Vice Presidents help by raising awareness of our work and supporting our vision. Read more

Our trustees

Trustees form a board, which is the governing body of Vision Aid Overseas. Read more

Latest

Eye care for all by 2030

Eye care for all is in sight! All 193 countries of the United Nations General Assembly have unanimously agreed to enshrine eye health as part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Effective Altruism and Vision Aid Overseas

Effective Altruism is a modern-day philosophy or approach on living, looking at how we can use our own individual resources to help others in need, in the most effective way to allow for the biggest impact.
Seeing clearly in Zambia

VAO has been working in partnership with Specsavers to improve access to eye care in Zambia for the past 10 years. We are integrating eye care into primary healthcare, at the community level, and into national school eye health plans.
VAO joins global call to declare a climate emergency

This World Earth Day, April 22nd, Vision Aid Overseas joined the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness in declaring a climate emergency and calling for action on environmentally sustainable practices in the eye health sector.