130,000 euros were raised with The Night, the Foundation’s annual charity dinner

On November 21, the Foundation held the 23rd annual solidarity dinner The Night of the Eyes of the world, with the aim of raising funds for cooperation projects and continuing to raise awareness of the precarious situation of eye care worldwide.  The event took place at the Auditorium of the Industrial School, with the support […]

Celebrating World Sight Day in Bolivia

Around World Sight Day, Eyes of the world promoted various activities to raise awareness and prevent eye health. Within the framework of the Eyes of Bolivia project, the most outstanding initiatives were the following:  In the municipality of Toledo, Department of Oruro, a rally was held, attended by more than 1,000 people including municipal authorities, […]

Fighting against avoidable blindness at the ESCRS Congress 

The ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons) is one of the most important international scientific forums on cataracts and refractive surgery. It is being held from September 6-10 at the Fira de Barcelona and Eyes of the world will be there. The Foundation is a social entity supported by the ESCRS Charity Committee […]

Gaze Machine. Your Gaze, Their Vision

At ESCRS congress, to be held in Barcelona from September 6-10, 2024, Eyes of the world and Alcon, with the support of ESCRS (European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons), are presenting a digital art project created by the contemporary artist Solimán López, where the gaze becomes art and art is transformed into the gift […]

New additions to the Eyes of the world solidarity Art Fund

The Eyes of the world Foundation’s Visions art collection was created in 2008 and already includes more than 90 works, including paintings, sculptures, graphics, photographs and video art, which some 60 renowned contemporary artists have donated in solidarity to the Foundation with the aim of raising awareness of the precarious ophthalmological situation of thousands of […]

#EyeHealthForAll

Eyes of the world has launched a health literacy project for the young populations of Catalonia, children and the youth, with the support of “la Caixa” Foundation, entitled #EyeHealthForAll. The project assumes that there is a general lack of awareness among the population about eye diseases and good eye health practices when, indeed, it is […]

Training of teachers to check the vision of 500 students from Tarija

Schools are one of the focal points for the early detection of vision problems among children. And the role of teachers is key, which is why Eyes of the world organizes training sessions to offer them training, such as the one held in March at the La Paz Educational Unit in the Cercado municipality, in […]

Actions with a gender approach to improve the eye health of Mozambican women

To reduce inequality in women’s access to ophthalmological services in the province of Inhambane, during the months of March and April, Eyes of the world carried out different activities, highlighting two actions organized in collaboration with the Men for Change Network (HOPEM). On the one hand, participatory diagnostic sessions were held in the communities of the Inhambane, […]

Eye care for 369 displaced people in Mopti

With the security crisis that Mali has been ongoing for ten years due to the constant armed conflicts, there has been a massive displacement of people from various towns towards Mopti, the district’s capital. This fact causes the health services in the area to be overwhelmed. For this reason, Eyes of the world organizes mobile […]

Inauguration of a new ophthalmology centre in Rabuni

The ophthalmology centre of the Bachir Saleh Hospital in Rabuni is already a reality. The construction of this annex centre began in December 2022 with the aim of improving the conditions of eye care for the Sahrawi refugee populations in the camps and concentrating all services comprehensively in the same building. The new centre has […]