At least 300 million people, mostly in the developing world, are blind or vision impaired simply because they don’t have access to a basic eye examination and a pair of glasses.
This unnecessary disability has a major impact on people’s lives – restricting the ability to secure a livelihood, severely limiting child and adult education, crucially impacting on economic development and preventing people from participating fully in their communities.
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