About

Operation Eyesight Universal is an international development organization working to prevent blindness and restore sight, in partnership with local hospitals and governments, and with the help of donations from people like you.

Today, our work is focused in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Nepal and India, and the African countries of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and Zambia.  

We partner with local health workers, hospitals and governments to bring eye health care to remote and underserved communities. 

Our work starts and ends in the community, and we are focused on empowering communities with the education and resources they need to manage their own eye health. 

Our comprehensive programs seek to improve access to quality eye care while also addressing some of the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as gender inequities, inadequate eye care services, long distances to eye health centres and lack of access to clean water, among others. 

Our programs are designed to provide quality eye health care to all, regardless of age, gender or ability to pay. Through our Hospital-Based Community Eye Health model, we train local community health workers to conduct door-to-door surveys, screen patients and refer them for treatment, and educate the community on eye health and other health topics, including maternal and newborn health, immunization and nutrition. As a result, we’re able to provide care to people who would otherwise go unreached, and these communities become healthier and stronger. 

Through our program model, revenue generated by clients who can afford services offsets the cost of eye care provided to those who cannot afford services and allows our partner hospitals to achieve self-sufficiency. All patients receive the same quality treatment and care. 

We believe that avoidable blindness will be eliminated when everyone has access to quality eye care – For All The World To See.  

To learn about our programs in India, click here. To support our sight-saving work, please donate.