Charities - Vision Aid Overseas

“I am so happy. For me spectacles are the difference between going to work to earn money and my family going hungry”
- Evelyne, a Vision Aid Overseas patient

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.

It works by sending abroad teams of volunteer optometrists and dispensing opticians who set up clinics, screen large number of patients and provide appropriate spectacles.

Launched in 1985, Vision Aid Overseas has provided 600,000 eye tests and given 300,000 people the ability to to see with a pair of spectacles.

TONI&GUY Opticians collect and recycle glasses that help thousands of people in developing countries who otherwise couldn’t see well enough to carry out day-to-day tasks or to earn a living.

You can donate your unwanted glasses at any of our practices or post them to:

TONI&GUY Opticians, 1-3 St Ann’s Passage (Off King Street), Manchester M2 6AB

Other ways to Help

There are many ways in which you can help Vision Aid Overseas from organising an It’s a knockout’ event to arranging a Vindaloo supper!  You can also make a donation directly to Vision Aid Overseas by following this link www.vao.org.uk/donate

With the correct spectacles, people can learn, work and achieve a quality of life otherwise completely unobtainable. With your help we can continue to support Vision Aid Overseas and the great work that they do.

Vision Aid Overseas registered charity number (in England) is 1081695.