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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.

Where We Work

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.
We have program staff and partners in 10 countries. We have offices in Canada (headquarters), Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and India.
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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.
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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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A woman ispeaks to a man sitting in a chair while taking notes in a notebook. A child leans against the man.|||||||
Preventing eye disease through community outreach
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Research and advocacy in India
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From health worker to eye care champion
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Putting community at the heart of our work
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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 health worker checks a woman's eyes through a slit lamp at a hospital in Bangladesh.|||||||||
Hospital strengthening – how building up health systems improves sustainability
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World Sight Day 2025: The results of our global call for everyone to Love Their Eyes
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A girl wears a pair of refracting frames while getting an eye exam.|Two pointed city towers are lit up in blue and orange lighting.|A group of women and hcildren sit in a waiting room.|A group of men and women in matching white polo shirts hold up a large banner that reads "Affordable
Prioritizing vision care for all on World Sight Day
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A young man stands next to an older man outside of a yellow house.|A young man in green and yellow sits on a bus surrounded by older people wearing thick cataract-protection sunglasses. A young female colleague sits to his left.
Community health worker breaks down barriers with empathy before eye charts
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A boy in a blue and red school uniform shirt stands with his arms crossed
Gift of Sight: Cataract surgery spares Benjamin from a life of avoidable blindness
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Optical frames used for refraction are held in a man's left hand while the right hand jots down notes.||||
Measuring impact and driving change through research & advocacy
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Operation Eyesight named a 2025 Top 10 Impact Charity (for 8th year) and a Top 10 International Impact Charity (for 6th year) by Charity Intelligence.
Operation Eyesight a 2025 Top 10 Impact Charity (eighth year as a top 10)
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The Gift of Sight is the gift of education, the gift of employment and the gift of opportunity. Find a donation option that works best for you. Thank you for your generosity!
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