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. Read more
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. Read more
Vision Aid Overseas hosted workshops around the detection of glaucoma, supported by Jonathan Hall Opticians. To also support our School Eye Health work in Sierra Leone, Optometry Technicians at the Kenema Vision Centre have received remote training in Paediatric Optometry. Read more
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. Read more
We moved offices! We are still in the area, but please take note of our new address if you wish to send donations to us. Remember that you are welcome to use Free Post to Vision Aid Overseas. Read more
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). Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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! Read more
As schools re-open in Sierra Leone, after temporarily closing due to Covid-19, our school eye health work will also be restarting. Read more