Vision Aid Overseas

Poverty and the lack of skilled opticians affect millions of people who do not have the spectacles they desperately need. For those in the developing world with poor vision, education and employment are out of reach. Many find daily living difficult and dangerous.

With the correct spectacles, people can learn, work and achieve a quality of life otherwise completely unobtainable. Hence the need for charities like VAO.

Vision Aid Overseas is a charity dedicated to helping people in the developing world whose lives are blighted by poor eyesight, particularly where spectacles can help. The charity sends abroad teams of volunteer Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians who set up clinics, screen large numbers of patients and provide appropriate spectacles.

Since its foundation in 1985, Vision Aid Overseas has provided 500,000 eye tests and given 250,000 people the ability to see with a pair of spectacles.

If you would like more information about the work of Vision Aid Overseas please visit their website www.vao.org.uk or call them on 01293 535016.

Vision Aid Overseas is a registered charity (in England) no. 1081695.