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Your gift DOUBLED

Right now, 1.1 billion people are living with sight loss – and this number is growing fast!

Together, we can bring the World in Focus for everyone, everywhere!

One in eight people around the world live with sight loss

Gyles Brandreth, renowned broadcaster, writer and incredible CBM UK supporter, highlights the urgent need to address the 1.1 billion people worldwide living with sight loss today:

“One in eight people around the world live with sight loss – but here’s the shocking truth: 90% of it could have been prevented or treated with something as straightforward as a cataract surgery or a pair of glasses.

And yet, for millions of people across the world, in countries like Nigeria and Nepal, affording and accessing basic eye care can be out of reach. Imagine losing your sight just because you can’t afford treatment. It’s simply not right.”

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Bandana’s Story

Six-year-old Bandana from rural Nepal, South Asia, was born blind because of cataracts in both of her eyes. She grew up never seeing the faces of her mother and father clearly.

Access to surgery to restore her sight was completely out of reach. For many of the most marginalised people, access to basic healthcare in Nepal is almost impossible.

“Because we have no money, we were not able to afford treatment”.

A little girl is sat wearing eye test glasses, while a doctor holds her head with one hand, and holds up two fingers with the other hand.

A World in Focus

Together this Easter, you can bring the World in Focus for children like Bandana.

All donations, up to £65,000, will be doubled before 25th April. Every £1 you give will become £2, meaning that right now, you can have twice the impact.

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Bringing Bandana’s World in Focus

Last year, Bandana’s mother, Lila heard about Biratnagar Eye Hospital through an eye screening camp carried out in remote communities, to identify children and adults living with sight loss.

Our team visited Bandana and her parents, and thanks to the support of people like you, were able to refer her for sight-saving surgery.

Bandana’s eyes were operated on, and she was able to see clearly for the first time – bringing her world into focus.

“After the patch was removed, my daughter looked at my face, and I became very emotional,” Lila told us.

A little girl with dark hair and a cream and red jumper smiles into the camera. She has a green patch on her left eye. A lady wearing a green sari sits with her arm around the little girl, and smiles into the camera.

Make a life-changing difference this Easter

Our project in Nepal aims to provide:

Eye screenings

Provide eye screenings for 627,000 people through community outreach, door-to-door screenings, and awareness-raising programmes.

Pairs of glasses

Provide 1,800 pairs of glasses to children experiencing poverty.

Teaching

Train 400 eye health professionals in eye health and disability inclusion.

Eye surgeries

Perform 23,950 eye surgeries at a subsidised rate, including 3,000 on children, enabling them to see again or for the first time.

Eye and Ear Care Centres

Establish 10 new Eye and Ear Care Centres, creating vital access points for healthcare in underserved communities.

The impact of your donation

DOUBLE your gift for twice the impact this Easter!

Focus on: Nepal, South Asia

Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries, and 21.9% of people are affected by vision loss.

CBM has been working in partnership with Nepal National Society for Comprehensive Eye Care for over 40 years to provide high quality, affordable and sustainable eye care to families like Bandana’s who otherwise would not be able to afford it.

Together, we support access to inclusive eye health services, including enabling people experiencing poverty in rural areas to access cataract surgery.

A little girl with dark hair and a cream and red jumper wears eye test glasses as a light is shone in her right eye.

Dame Mary Perkins

Founder of Specsavers and CBM supporter

“Being closely involved with the correction of vision and also eyecare, I know how important good access is to everyone. My optical company has the purpose of ‘Changing lives through better sight’ and we are there for everyone. That’s exactly what CBM do – they believe that everyone in the world should have access to eyecare. This is why I support them in their aim to deal with avoidable sight loss in some of the world’s poorest places – the results are life changing.”

A lady wearing a dark top smiles into the camera.
A little girl with dark hair and a cream and red jumper smiles into the camera. She has a green patch on her left eye.

Donate Now

Put the World in Focus for children and adults living with sight loss today.

All donations up to £65,000 will be doubled, thanks to our anonymous match pledgers. Your donation will help people with sight loss and disabilities wherever the need is greatest.