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A Global Community

For more than 60 years, we have been working alongside communities to prevent blindness and restore sight.
We're grateful to our donors in Canada and around the world who believe that everyone should have access to affordable, quality eye health care services –whether it’s a simple pair of eyeglasses or a more complex eye surgery.
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Here’s How We Do It

Local Partnerships

By training local health workers and establishing local vision centres, we create lasting and sustainable change within communities and connect patients with eye health care as well as their larger health system. 

Strengthening Health Systems

We work with existing health systems to improve access to and quality of eye health care. Through our referral network of 60+ partner hospitals, we help patients access eye surgery and advanced care that is affordable, or in many cases, free of charge.

More Than Eye Health

Through activities like community outreach, water and sanitation projects, and health education, we are addressing the root causes of avoidable vision loss, such as poverty, poor sanitation and gender inequality.

Our Programs in India

Our vision is global, but our focus is local. Our team’s presence on the ground allows us to act quickly and leverage the unique strengths of our communities of work.

Did You Know That 90% of Vision Loss is Avoidable?

Operation Eyesight is transforming lives by preventing blindness and restoring sight for people around the world. We partner with local health workers, hospitals and governments to bring eye care services to remote and underserved communities, and we provide education and resources to help communities manage their own eye health.
Learn more about avoidable blindness

Sustainable Development Goals

Our work addresses the root causes of vision loss and contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Programming Areas

We have five programming areas at the core of our mission: community eye health, hospital strengthening, integrated eye health, disease control, and research and advocacy.
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Impact Stories

See how our global community is transforming lives and creating lasting change around the world.
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Research and advocacy 2024 highlights
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From health worker to eye care champion
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Changemaker: From community health volunteer to eye care specialist
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Cataract surgery counselling helps senior regain independence
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Community outreach leads to sight-saving cataract surgery
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A young man poses
Community health worker breaks down barriers with empathy before eye charts
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A little boy sits with his mother and father.
Early detection gives little boy a second chance at life
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A blue banner with the words "Running to give the Gift of Sight" across it.|A group of men stand in matching t-shirts with medals around their necks in front of a starting gate.
We are back in the race at NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2025
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A woman wearing a yellow sari with orange blouse poses with her new eyeglasses on in front of a bright blue wall.
Restored sight gives grandmother in Karnataka a new lease on life
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The Gift of Sight changes the trajectory
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A teenaged girl sits next to her younger brother
Bringing futures into focus - the links between clear vision and quality education
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A woman in a blue sweater sitting in an office.||Doctors hold a screening device over the eye of a premature baby.||Doctors in an operating theatre are lit up by the glow of a green laser.|A jeep with logo markings on the side is parked in front of a building|People sit around a board room table
Preventing blindness in premature infants with Dr. Ashi Khurana
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