43 million people in the world are blind, and 90% of them live where access to eye care is difficult or impossible. These people often live in loneliness and exclusion.
For $25*, Cure Blindness Project can perform a surgery, and you can restore someone's sight—and their chance for a better life. Help provide a cure for blindness.
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Witness the Joy
“Coming here for the procedure has not been easy on my mind. I had doubts and fears about the surgery, but I knew this would be an important moment in my daughter's life. Removing the cataracts will guarantee my baby's vision, else she may go blind,” says 10-month-old Odelia’s mother.
More of Odelia's story1. Local Capacity
Provide training for clinical and non-clinical personnel to expand access to quality care and improve outcomes
2. Infrastructure & Equipment
Ensure trained personnel have the appropriate tools to apply their skills
3. Patient Care
Support partners in providing direct service and expand partnerships to ensure access to care across disease areas
4. Prevention
Expand training for community health workers to address comprehensive eye care at primary care level
Our Work
Cure Blindness Project is a global nonprofit organization driven to help people retain or regain their sight in 30 nations across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South America. To make that happen, we enable underserved communities to cure avoidable blindness by developing high-quality, cost-effective, sustainable eye care wherever they are.
For thirty years, we’ve brought hope to countless people, proving that compassion and dedication know no boundaries.
HCP CUREBLINDNESS IS NOW CURE BLINDNESS PROJECT
For 30 years, we've worked to overcome the mountain of global blindness. We pause to see how far we've come, and we're invigorated to see the possibilities ahead.
Together with our supporters and partners, we are striving for a summit where sight is in reach.
Learn more about us1.6m
Surgeries Performed
5
Hospitals
16.5m
Screenings & Basic Treatment
20.1k
Trainings Performed
Our Story
Founded in 1995 as Himalayan Cataract Project, Dr. Geoff Tabin and Dr. Sanduk Ruit dreamed to end needless blindness in the world. Cure Blindness Project, together with partners, has performed over 1.6 million sight-restoring surgeries. And we're just getting started.
Read How We Began
By partnering with the top innovators in global ophthalmology, we can leverage the latest approaches, train others and envision new possibilities.
With early detection and treatment, the impact of many causes of blindness can be treated – and often cured – improving the quality of life for affected individuals and changing communities for good.
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Cure Blindness Project
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Norwich, VT 05055
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What is this?
The Himalayan Cataract Project (dba Cure Blindness Project) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; Tax ID 03-0362926. Your gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Principal photography provided by Ace Kvale, Michael Amendolia, and other photojournalists who have generously supported our work. Site design and development by Flannel
