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Ahalya Subramanian
We have moved offices!

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.
Tony Hulton
Go for Glasses 2022

Go for Glasses is be back this spring 2021! Go for Glasses is our flexible fundraising challenge, which means you can take part anywhere doing what you like the most!

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Recycling Closure FAQs

Our recycling scheme is now permanently closed down, however, 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.
Vision Aid Overseas' glasses recycling scheme permanently closed in 2020

Vision Aid Overseas has ended its recycling scheme in the UK and will no longer accept used spectacles from the public, optical sector, and community groups.
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