Partner with us Does your company share the same vision as we do? Are you looking for an effective charity to support? Why not join our corporate partners, trusts, foundations and institutional donors that are providing critical support vital in making it possible for Vision Aid Overseas to deliver sustainable eye care services and affordable glasses to people across Africa. If you would like to partner with Vision Aid Overseas please email [email protected] or call 01293 535 016. Why partner with Vision Aid Overseas? 1.2 billion people worldwide can’t see properly simply because they need glasses and yet 75% of all visual impairment is preventable or curable. According to the World Health Organization restoring sight is one of the most cost-effective health interventions to reduce poverty. We know this, and that is why it is our mission: "To enable people living in poverty to access affordable glasses and eye care". To our achieve our mission we focus on primary eye care, on the front-line in the community, and uncorrected refractive error, those who need glasses. We train eye health professionals and setup Vision Centres to ensure the changes we make are for the long-term. We focus on helping the poorest communities and to help children. And we do this all in partnership with, and according to the needs of, local governments and community groups. To see the real difference we make, please watch this video about Zaria, from Sierra Leone. Here is an example of the impact we have had in the last year, between 2019 to 2020. To find out more about how we work click here. To find out more about our vision and mission click here. See who supports VAO To find out who our existing partners are please click on the links below. Our institutional, trusts and foundation donors Our corporate partners How to support VAO Fundraise: Love working as a team? Why not join as a team? You and your colleagues could fundraise for us as a company. Practise your team working skills and raise money for a good cause at the same time - what could be better? To find out more click here. Gifts in kind: If you work in the optical sector you may also want to offer gifts in kind, for example new equipment to be used in Vision Centres. If this is of interest to you then please email [email protected] Support A School: We are looking for corporate partners to join our Support A School project in Ethiopia. The project trains teachers to conduct screening for vision problems and sends mobile eye clinics to schools for follow up eyecare and glasses provision. To find out more click here. Corporate Partnership Agreements: These are percentage-based donation arrangement, where a percentage of sales or profits is donated to VAO. If you are interested in this arrangement please email [email protected]