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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.

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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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