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Right now, 12 million children worldwide struggle to learn because they struggle to see. But we already have the solution. Access to good eye care and glasses. Together, let's help to put better vision into African classrooms.

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Covid-19 Update

A lot of preparatory work has been completed but the Covid-19 pandemic has paused our work in schools. To read more about this click here.

Meet Zaria

Zaria received her eye test and glasses in Sierra Leone - see the different this made to her life. Now, we want to reach thousands more children in Ethiopian classrooms too.

Meet Wubit

Glasses changed the life of primary school teacher Wubit in Ethiopia.

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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.
Vision Aid Overseas joins the Captain Tom 100 challenge

Do it your way from Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May and take on the #CaptainTom100 challenge. Join team VAO today!
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.

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