30 years ago, The Fred Hollows Foundation began a global movement to end avoidable blindness
Inspired by our founder, Professor Fred Hollows—an eye surgeon and humanitarian who believed in empowering people to help themselves—we’ve restored sight or prevented blindness to over 150 million people worldwide. Fred’s vision was to eliminate avoidable blindness, and with your help, it’s a vision we can achieve.
Today, 9 out of 10 people who are blind or vision impaired don’t need to be. Many people stay needlessly blind because they live in poverty. In low and middle income countries, blindness denies people education, independence, and the ability to work—opportunities that can break the poverty cycle. But all this can be changed with as little as $25 in some countries.
In more than 25 countries, we work with governments and partners to strengthen eye health systems, break down barriers to care, and train local eye care professionals to reach those in need—just as Fred envisioned.