Projects in general

The aid focus is on setting up sustainable eye care in developing countries. Our assistance focuses on the poorest people for whom medical care is inaccessible or unaffordable.

Our projects in Asia: Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Our projects in Africa: Ghana and Oeganda

Desease control: Interventions and Control

Of the most common eye diseases Eye Care Foundation focuses primarily on reducing cataract blindness, refractive error and childhood blindness. Since cataract is a global problem and responsible for the major part of avoidable blindness the treatment of cataract has the highest priority.

Capacity Strengthening: Training

Capacity strengthening which benefits the eye care facilities is supported on various levels. The priority is training, whereby the level is determined by the demand. Training of village volunteers, refractionists as well as eye doctors is supported.

Infrastructure improvement: Medical facilities

Healthcare infrastructure primarily refers to the the way healthcare is organized. In order to provide adequate care, facilities are established at every level to meet the health care need of people. Through the so-called care chains, referrals are made to a higher and more specialized level of care. Secondly, new constructions and construction-related activities are identified by the term infrastructure. Finally, facilities such as equipment and tools are indicated as infrastructure.

Awareness and advocacy

To increase the effect of capacity strengthening, infrastructural support and primary eye care interventions, Eye Care Foundation stimulates activities with a focus on information, education and communication. In this way, Eye Care Foundation contributes to raising the awareness in the community. At grass-root level health-care providers inform, and educate people and raise the awareness of the possibilities of early diagnosis and timely treatment to prevent eye problems and to avoid blindness. Awareness is the fundament for a demand for care. Awareness can lead to the organization of patients and even to patients-interest-groups which are able to make administrators, policy makers and practitioners aware of their responsibilities. Ultimately awareness may lead to advocacy.