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Donate this holiday season & change more lives like Abdiwali from Mogadishu, Somalia

Give the gift of sight today “The sun has become my enemy.” At just 14, Abdiwali shines shoes on the streets of Mogadishu to survive. His mother passed away when he was ten. His father, a farmer, remains in their small hometown. Abdiwali had been suffering...

Optometry Giving Sight Names Tony Sommer to Board of Directors

Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) announced the appointment of Tony Sommer to its Board of Directors, bringing with him extensive leadership experience in specialty vision care, medical technology, and organizational growth. “We are delighted to welcome Tony to the team,”...

World Sight Day Challenge 2025 Wraps Up

Thanks to the generosity and spirit of optometry professionals, students, and business partners throughout Canada and the United States, the 2025 World Sight Day Challenge became one of Optometry Giving Sight’s (OGS) most impactful yet. Participants organized...

Case Studies

Uganda: Patrick Teira

It was not until one of our career guidance sessions in my final year of secondary school when one of my teachers talked about the newly introduced optometry course at Makerere University. It was then that I formerly got introduced to the optometry profession.

I feel like my life can being now

Emmanuel is a 12 year old boy who didn’t attend school. He wished every day he could go with the other children in the village but he had been nearly blind since birth. He spent his days in his village which he knew well enough to get around. His local community tried to look out for him to help him stay safe.

Albino Children in Africa

Albinism is a congenital disorder that is characterised by the partial or complete absence of pigment in the skin, eyes and hair. The disorder has a very high prevalence in Tanzania with 1 in every 1,200 people suffering from it.