Support our sight-saving work

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ account has been set up as a bill payee with most NZ banks so you can find us in the list of bill payees on internet banking. You can also set a payment up manually using the details below:

Account Name: The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ
Account Number: 38-9008-0866758-06

Particulars: Initial & Surname
Reference: Your supporter ID. Please call us on 0800 227 229 or email info@hollows.nz if you do not know your supporter ID number.
Code: Your phone number.

or Make a donation online now.

Thanks for thinking of us, but unfortunately we no longer take donated glasses as it’s too costly.

Donated glasses are often a specific prescription with different strength lenses. This means the chance of finding a perfect (or even close) match for another wearer is slim to none. The cost to arrange custom lenses to then be created for bespoke frames is much higher than the cost of providing ready-made glasses.

The Lions Club would be very appreciative of your donation. They collect glasses for their Recycle For Sight programme which regrades and distributes 250,000 to 500,000 pairs each year to those in need throughout the world. For details on where to drop off or post your old glasses, visit the Lions Club Recycle for Sight website.

Alternatively, you can drop them into your local Specsavers store who will recycle them in partnership with the Recycle For Sight programme.

To encourage people to donate to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ in celebration of your birthday, wedding or anniversary, you can set up your own online donation page. Visit our Fundraise page for more information.

For more information on starting a collection contact us.

To make a donation in memory, click Donate and make sure the “Donate in memory” box is selected. The message you enter will be displayed on our online Memoriam Board.

If you’d like to leave a bequest, please contact our Relationship Manager Karen Blake on 0800 227 229. See our Gift in Will page for more information on leaving a bequest in your Will.

Yes we are, all donations of $5 and over are tax deductible. A full list of deductible gift recipient endorsed entities is available on the IRD website

Australia
The Fred Hollows Foundation in Australia is a separate organisation to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ. Their programmes run outside the Pacific region. Donations in Australia can be made via their website. These donations will receive a tax-deductible receipt for Australia.

USA
Donors in the USA can donate through our website, however we’re only able to issue tax-deductible receipts for New Zealand.

United Kingdom
The Fred Hollows Foundation is a registered charity in the UK. However, we can’t accept any donations through our London office. All donations must be processed through the Australia office.

Donors in the UK can donate through our website, however we’re only able to issue tax-deductible receipts for New Zealand.

Your donation will be used to support our sight-saving work. This includes working with our Pacifc partners to deliver eye operations and treatments, training eye care professionals, and strengthening eye health systems.

For every $1 donated, 75c goes directly towards eye health programmes and public education and 25c is necessary for administration, communication and fundraising costs which allows us to help even more people.

Learn more about the impact of your donation.

Unfortunately we can’t follow your donation to one single recipient, but we can assure you that your donation will go to helping people in need through our programme and support work.

Read about the people whose lives have transformed thanks to generous donors like you on Our Stories page.

No, donations do not attract GST.

Your donation could be used to restore someone’s sight, but it may also go towards a range of other programme activities like training eye doctors and nurses. These health professionals will then go on to help thousands of people in their community. All of the work we do aims to strengthen eye health systems throughout the Pacific.

Learn more about the impact of your donation.

No, you won’t.

The cost of restoring sight differs from country to country due to a number of varying factors. In some countries, we can restore sight for as little as $25.

This $25 covers the cost of the vital components of cataract surgery including the intraocular lens (IOL) and other consumables such as bandages, local anaesthetic and medications. This $25 does not incorporate the costs of the clinics, equipment or medical training of the doctors and nurses.

Medical treatment in countries like New Zealand is more expensive because it uses different techniques with more advanced and costly equipment. Therefore it’s impossible to compare with other countries whose medical systems are less developed or have limited health budgets. In the Pacific, a manual and more cost-effective technique is used that doesn’t require the expensive technology but achieves the same result.

Another way of looking at it is that in some of the countries where we work, people may be living on only a few dollars a day. The $25 it costs for an operation as a percentage of their yearly income can be quite similar to the approximately $5,000 it costs in New Zealand, where the average yearly income is around $65,000.

Yes. We’re fully committed to maintaining the security of the financial and personal information you entrust to us when making a donation. Our information technology systems are fully compliant with the security requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which was founded by the major credit card brands (such as VISA, Mastercard and American Express). In addition, when you donate online your card information is processed, encrypted and stored by a specialised and highly secure payment service organisation.

For more details, read our Privacy Statement.