Support A School

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.

Stories

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.

Back to Homepage

Latest

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.

Friends

We work in partnership
Queries

Questions answered