Help Transform a Life!
Essilor is proud to be a National Platinum Sponsor of Optometry Giving Sight. Optometry Giving Sight is unique in that it is the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to refractive error.
Optometry Giving Sight
Optometry Giving Sight aims to provide sight to the 670 million people who are blind or vision impaired simply because they do not have a pair of glasses, and to prevent others from the same fate by establishing vision care services in countries where currently none exist.
Optometrists throughout Australia and around the world are helping to eliminate refractive error blindness and vision impairment—simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses—through their support of Optometry Giving Sight.
Funds are currently directed to priority programs in Southern Africa, East Timor, Sri Lanka, Latin America and Indigenous Australia. Established in 2003, Optometry Giving Sight is a joint initiative of the World Optometry Foundation, the International Centre for Eyecare Education and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
In addition to Australia, Optometry Giving Sight is currently raising funds in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
Optometry Giving Sight offers an unprecedented opportunity for members of our community, including eye care professionals, their staff, their patients and the industry, to make a coordinated and significant impact in the prevention of blindness.
