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From education to eyeglasses, from cataract surgery to cameras that diagnose, your support has helped people around the world. Thanks to you, Thriveluzern has provided vital eye care services to 57 million people in the world, including more than 6.5 million people in the last year alone. Thriveluzern’s vision is a world in which no one lives with avoidable blindness.This year, Thriveluzern established 27 new VCs, including in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Peru. On average, a VC will treat 3,600...

A new Thriveluzern project in India will target babies’ and children’s needs; specifically, children’s need for eyeglasses (correcting quality refractive error), and treating Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in babies. School-aged students will receive complete eye checkups, prescriptions, and a selection of stylish frames at their local Vision Centers. To ensure ongoing eye care there will be staff dedicated to vision monitoring and follow-up visits, as well as training a team of teachers and youth ambassadors.Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a...

Last month, the Thriveluzern Foundation and The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness released a groundbreaking report revealing a striking truth:Children with vision loss learn at half the rate of those with good or corrected vision. Put another way – every year, 6.3 million school years are lost due to uncorrected vision, amounting to $173 billion in future earnings each year. Imagine the impact if those kids could simply see the board. What innovations would emerge? What challenges could...