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  • School Eye Health Update from Sierra Leone

    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. Read more

  • School Eye Health Progress in Zambia

    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. Read more

  • Skill training in Sierra Leone

    Skill training in Sierra Leone

    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

  • Volunteers create new training courses

    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. Read more

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Eye care for all by 2030

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). Read more

Published: 27th July, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

Effective Altruism and Vision Aid Overseas

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. Read more

Published: 19th July, 2021

Updated: 27th July, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

VAO joins global call to declare a climate emergency

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. Read more

Published: 22nd April, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

Vision Aid Overseas to take over from Optometry Giving Sight in the UK

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. Read more

Published: 15th April, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

School Eye Health Update from Sierra Leone

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. Read more

Published: 14th April, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

School Eye Health Progress in Zambia

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. Read more

Published: 16th March, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

Skill training in Sierra Leone

Skill training in Sierra Leone

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

Published: 27th January, 2021

Updated: 17th March, 2022

Author: Matthew Bentham

Volunteers create new training courses

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. Read more

Published: 27th January, 2021

Updated: 2nd February, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

Vision Excellence at VAO

Vision Excellence at VAO

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

Published: 21st December, 2020

Updated: 2nd February, 2021

Author: Matthew Bentham

Volunteers needed to support our Trustee sub-committees

Volunteers needed to support our Trustee sub-committees

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

Published: 1st December, 2020

Updated: 9th December, 2020

Author: Matthew Bentham

School Eye Health starts again in Sierra Leone

School Eye Health starts again in Sierra Leone

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

Published: 21st October, 2020

Updated: 25th November, 2020

Author: Matthew Bentham

A year of achievements and challenges

A year of achievements and challenges

Our 2019 to 2020 Annual Report is out now. Have a read to see what we've achieved this year and decide how YOU will help the world to see next year. Read more

Published: 23rd September, 2020

Updated: 1st October, 2020

Author: Matthew Bentham

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  • Triathlon for Vision Aid

    Triathlon for Vision Aid

    I am running the London Triathlon on August 6 2022 and seeking donations for Vision Aid, on behalf of our remarkable friend Ciara Devine. Ciara worked as an overseas team leader for Vision Aid and the crucial work they provide across the world for something that can be so easily taken for granted.
    I will be entering the Olympic distance Triathlon in London on Sunday 7 August. Ciara was a total one-off and she is missed an unimaginable amount.

  • Building Big Dreams with PALA in Sierra Leone

    Building Big Dreams with PALA in Sierra Leone

    PALA and Vision Aid Overseas have partnered up to build big dreams - you can help us support a Vision Centre in the rural and remote area of the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Donate today!

  • Ahalya Subramanian

    Ahalya Subramanian

  • We have moved offices!

    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.

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  • Recycling Closure FAQs

    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

    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

    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

    Our vision

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

  • About volunteering

    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' 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

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Zambia

    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

    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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    Fundraising Team

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