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Donate to World Sight Day 2021
Annual Report 2021
Donate to make a difference this World Sight Day resources

This October we are fundraising for World Sight Day to make a difference to the 1.2 billion people worldwide can’t see properly simply because they need glasses.
World Sight Day 2021

Find out why you should be celebrating World Sight Day with us this October.

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Recycling Closure FAQs

Our recycling scheme is closing down and here are some of the answers to the most frequent questions we have been asked.
Donate and make a difference

Every person deserves the right to clear vision. Donate today and help transform lives through the gift of clear vision.
Vision Aid Overseas' Position Statement on Recycling

Understand more about why Vision Aid Overseas is closing its recycling scheme in 2020 and learn more about the decision making process.
Our vision

No one lives in poverty because of poor eyesight; no one lives with poor eyesight because of poverty.
About volunteering

You can help the world to see by volunteering with VAO.
Chief Executive Officer
Zambia

Surrounded by some of Africa’s most beautiful landscapes, Zambia has only 15 qualified optometrists for a population of 17 million people.
Our history

Now over 30 years old Vision Aid Overseas was founded by UK optometrists who wanted to donate their time and expertise to enable some of the worlds poorest people see properly so that children and their parents could learn, earn and build a better life.
Fundraising Team
Governance

Annual Reports, How we are funded, Child Protection Policy, Bribery Act Policy, Security and Safety Policy