NOBODY CAN SOLVE THIS ALONE
We develop partnerships with NGOs, social entrepreneurs and national governments to gain better understanding of local needs and barriers and create a vision care infrastructure that will be sustainable in the long-term. By pooling our knowledge, experience and resources we can achieve greater positive impact together.
We are also proud to have joined forces with two global alliances of multi-stakeholder partners who are all passionate about expanding access to good visual health.
Alcon
Alcon is helping people see the world better through advanced surgical, pharmaceutical and vision care products.
Aravind Eye Care
Aravind Eye Care System is a network of hospitals, clinics, community outreach efforts, factories, research and training institutes that has a unique service oriented model replicated by 300 hospitals in India and other countries.
African Vision Research
Institute (AVRI)
The African Vision Research Institute (AVRI) is committed to contributing to good eye health practices on the African continent through sound research and evidence generation that leads to change in policy.
Bangalore West Lions
Superspeciality Eye Hospital
Bangalore West Lions Superspeciality Eye Hospital was started in 1984 to conquer blindness and provide outstanding ophthalmological services to the less fortunate at affordable tariff. Their Eye Bank is a member of the International Federation of Eye Banks, U.S.A.
B-ABLE
BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Ltd (B-ABLE) provides locally and globally relevant technical, commercial and life skills to under-skilled and under-educated youth for their lifelong employability.
Brien Holden Vision Institute
The Brien Holden Vision Institute works to develop innovative vision correction products for the treatment of the most common eye conditions through collaborations with leading research and industry organizations.
Djarum Foundation
The Djarum Foundation was established in 1986 and strives to be the best-in-class institution in promoting Indonesia through activities focusing on social, sport, environment, education and culture.
Drishti
Drishti is a social impact enterprise that provides affordable eye care in under-served markets using hub and spoke model. The model effectively covers distributed populations using mobile vision centers, telemedicine based vision centers & eye hospital.
EACO
The European American Chamber of Commerce® provides its members with access to transatlantic business opportunities as well as timely and relevant information, resources and support on matters affecting business activities between Europe and the U.S.
Education In Sight
Education in Sight strives to improve the academic performance of under-privileged students in the US and China by providing free vision screenings and corrective lenses.
Economic Development Board (EDB)
The Economic Development Board (EDB) is the lead government agency for planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore’s position as a global business center.
Edmond De Rothschild Foundations
The Foundations strive for social empowerment and a more collaborative society, notably in the areas of Arts, Social Entrepreneurship, Education and Health.
ERC
ERC Eye Care is a social enterprise dedicated to providing quality, affordable eye care solutions to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) and marginalized populations of North Eastern states of India.
EYElliance
Essilor is co-signatory of this jointly authored report that stresses the urgent need for a global alliance between donors, multilateral institutions, multinational corporations, and leading eye health NGOs dedicated to increase access to eyeglasses for the 2.7 billion people who can’t see properly.
FIA – Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
FIA is a global organization that promotes motor sport as well as safe, sustainable and accessible mobility for all road users. It has 245 member clubs , representing over 80 million road users in 144 countries. FIA president, Jean Todt, is a UN Special Envoy for Road Safety.
Foundation Mohammed
The Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity was established and inaugurated by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in 1999. Guided by its motto “Ready to help the needy”, it has been involved, jointly with other social players, in the fight against poverty.
Fundacion Cione
Cione Ruta de la Luz Foundation brings 14 years of experience in bringing vision care to disadvantaged people.
Glocal Healthcare
Glocal Healthcare (Global Quality, Delivered at a Local Level) provides comprehensive primary & secondary healthcare in medically under-served areas, using a rational, technology-based standardized platform.
Government of Karnataka
International Finance
Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital and Research Center (IGEHRC) was established by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), a not-for-profit organization, in 2006 to address a crucial requirement for quality and affordable eye care and eliminate curable blindness in Northern India.
India Vision Institute (IVI) is a not-for-profit registered trust with a vision to promote excellence in vision care delivery in India. It is a joint initiative of the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney.
KFW DEG
DEG (Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation) is one of the largest European development finance institutions that has been financing and structuring the investments of companies for more than 50 years in developing and transition countries, contributing to sustainable development in all sectors of the economy.
Lions Club International
The Lions Club International is the World’s largest service club organization, with 46,000 clubs and 1.35 million Lions members. Members work on sight programs designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight and improve eye health and eye care.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading center for research and postgraduate education in public and global health.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a government ministry responsible for health policy and all government programs relating to family planning.
OneSight
OneSight is an independent nonprofit providing access to quality vision care and glasses in under served communities worldwide. It brings e ye exams, glasses and permanent vision centers to the individuals and places that need eye care the most.
Orbis
Orbis International gives communities across the world access to quality eye care, transforming lives and restoring vision for those who need it most.
Our Children’s Vision
Our Children’s Vision is a first-of-its-kind global coalition with the aim of expanding access to eye health services to 50 million children by 2020. Co-founded by the Brien Holden Vision Institute and Essilor’s Vision For Life fund, the campaign has already garnered the support of over 50 organizations.
PeekVision
Peek Vision is a social enterprise that works to bring better vision and health to everyone by developing technology and partnerships that create sustainable access to e ye care. Peek uses its funds to build e ye care capacity in low- and middle-income countries by supporting people, knowledge and tools.
People’s Association
The People’s Association (PA) was established in 1960 as a statutory board to promote racial harmony and social cohesion in Singapore.
The Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust
The Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust was established in 1967 to tackle the problems of poverty in India, especially amongst young children. From its humble origins as a family institution, it has grown rapidly; today its projects focus on health and education in both India and other developing countries. Its emphasis is on assisting children, youths and the disabled so they can look forward to a new day, one free of hunger, suffering, abuse and poverty.
Rural Education Action Program (REAP)
The Stanford – Rural Education Action Program (REAP) is an impact evaluation organization that aims to inform sound education, health and nutrition policy in China.
Salud Digna
Salud Digna provides diagnostic services that are accessible to low-income Mexicans, enabling patients to seek early treatment and avoid costly medical interventions. It offers laboratory tests, diagnostic tests, radiology screening, and optical exams.
Samusocial De Paris
The Samu Social de Paris is a municipal humanitarian emergency service whose purpose is to provide care and medical ambulatory aid and nursing to homeless people and people in social distress.
Sankara Nethralaya
Sankara Nethralaya is a super specialty institution for ophthalmic care and receives patients from all over the world. It has international excellence & on an average 1200 patients walk through and 100 surgeries are performed every day.
Sankara Eye Hospitals
Sankara Eye Hospitals is a chain of 13 eye hospitals run on a unique 80: 20 model wherein 80% of the beneficiaries are rural poor who get totally free eye surgeries, while the other 20% (rich and middle income) pay for their treatment.
SAVH
The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), formerly known as the Singapore Association for the Blind (SAB), is the national voluntary welfare organization for the visually impaired.
Secours Populaire
Born in 1945, Secours Populaire is a non-profit making association whose aim is to fight against poverty and exclusion in France and throughout the world.
Sinda
The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) is a self-help group that works to uplift the Singapore Indian Community. SINDA’s key thrusts are in Education, Family Services and Active Collaboration.
Shanghai Soong Ching
Ling Foundation
The Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation (SSCL) is a public welfare foundation established in 1986 by the China Welfare Institute founded by Mme. Soong Ching Ling herself.
Special Olympics
The Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities that organizes year-round training and competitions in over 32 individual and team sports across the world.
Standing Voice
Standing Voice is an international non-governmental organization based in Tanzania, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, and creates programs for the disempowered to speak back to their societies and reassert their presence and equality.
The Fred Hollows
The Fred Hollows Foundation is inspired by the work of the late Professor Fred Hollows (1929–1993). The Foundation now works throughout Africa, Asia (South and South East) and Australia, focusing on blindness prevention and Australian Indigenous health.
Vision Aid Overseas
Vision Aid Overseas is an international charity dedicated to fighting poverty by transforming access to eye care in developing countries.
Voluntarios Do Sertao
Voluntarios do Sertao’s objective is to promote health, nutrition, medical care and social security in Brazil.
Xintu Center
The Xintu Center for Community Health Promotion’s mission is to improve health for the vulnerable communities in China through capacity-building and health services.