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Corporate Partner Spotlight: Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb has been a platinum partner of Optometry Giving Sight since 2016. The company has been at the forefront of eye health innovation for nearly two centuries, and today its portfolio includes contact lenses, lens care solutions, pharmaceuticals, intraocular...

Optical Image Takes Top Honors in the World Sight Day Challenge Thumbs‑Up Throwdown

Optical Image of Swift Current, Saskatchewan didn’t just participate in this year’s World Sight Day Challenge (WSDC) –– they rocked! The team rallied their community, raised vital funds for Optometry Giving Sight, and topped it all off by winning our first‑ever WSDC...

Vision for the Poor – Sustainable Vision Care for All of Guatemala

In 2025, Optometry Giving Sight awarded a grant to Vision for the Poor to train 14 optometry technicians as primary care optometrists. These professionals will staff six new vision centers and one eye hospital within a $54 million, self-sustaining national eye care...

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.