Our Work
Ending avoidable blindness in the Pacific
We're putting an end to avoidable blindness in the Pacific. We won't stop until our Pacific neighbours have permanent access to quality eye care. Here’s how.
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Restoring and preserving sight
Many people are blind because they don’t have access to affordable eye care. Our donors have restored sight to more than three million people globally and performed over 88,000 sight-saving operations in the Pacific. …Learn more -
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Training and supporting doctors and nurses
Fred believed in empowering people. That’s why we train a range of eye care professionals — from community health workers to surgeons. Developing local skills will always be at the heart of our work. …Learn more -
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Strengthening health systems
One of the keys to our success so far has been working alongside local governments, health care providers, and communities to ensure quality eye care is fully integrated into local health care systems. …Learn more -
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Driving innovation and research
Like Fred, we're a practical bunch. We use evidence-based approaches in our programmes and we don’t shy away from doing things differently if it gets us closer to ending avoidable blindness in the Pacific. …Learn more
Where we work
In addition to the countries highlighted above, we also provide support to Nauru and Tuvalu and have worked with the health authorities in the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Niue, Timor-Leste, and Tokelau to train 37 eye care clinicians. We continue to respond to requests from Pacific island governments and assess these based on needs and funding.