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You got a badge! Thank you

Thank you for buying a Vision Aid Overseas Badge! Your support is helping us to provide opportunities for people in low to middle income countries get the access they need to an eye test and pair of glasses.
A Clear Future in Sight - Our Strategy to 2030

We at Vision Aid Overseas have a Clear Future in Sight - and our strategy to 2030 reflects the drive and passion of our organisation - our staff, volunteers, and members as well as our partners with whom we work in close collaboration.
Prudential Ride London 2022

Are you a true cyclist and enjoy a good challenge? This 100-mile cycle is like no other event! A route made famous by the world’s best cyclists at the London 2012 Olympics. And you can help us fundraise too!
Great North Run 2022

Summary: Do you live or want to travel to Newcastle? If you are looking for a sports challenge and want to fundraise money for Vision Aid Overseas, jump on board!

Formal Transfer of Programmes - VAO and VFAN

Vision Aid Overseas and Vision for a Nation would like to announce their intention to work closer together.
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.
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.
Vision Aid Overseas to take over from Optometry Giving Sight in the UK

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.
School Eye Health Update from Sierra Leone

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.
School Eye Health Progress in Zambia

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.
Become a regular giver

Every person deserves the right to clear vision. Become a regular giver and ensure we continue transforming lives now and long into the future.
Skill training in Sierra Leone

To support our School Eye Health work in Sierra Leone, Optometry Technicians at the Kenema Vision Centre have received remote training in Paediatric Optometry.
Volunteers create new training courses

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.