A pair of eyeglasses can change a life.
Eyeglasses help children succeed in school and develop the skills they need to pursue the careers they want. Proper vision care gives adults the opportunity to be more productive, connect to the digital highway, and earn more over their lifetime.
But this simple solution is just beyond the reach of millions of people living with poor vision around the world.
This is where the EYElliance comes in.
More than 2.5 billion people are visually impaired because they do not have access to eyeglasses. Without good vision, children can't learn and adults are excluded from a world of economic opportunity.
Highly effective, scalable solutions exist to solve this massive, global problem -- in this generation. Eyeglasses have existed for over 700 years. Today, we have innovative technologies and large scale distribution models that mean better access to eyeglasses for everyone.
Now is the time to bring new actors -- from all sectors -- into the solution. These powerful collaborations engage national governments and harness market forces to transform systems and solve a problem that slows economic growth, limits children's potential to learn, and stands in the way of a more inclusive global marketplace.
EYElliance is a multi-sector coalition that drives the global strategy to increase access to eyeglasses at scale, so that those in less developed countries can fully avail themselves of vital educational and economic opportunities. EYElliance identifies highly effective, proven models and integrates those solutions into broader, pre-existing public and private systems to increase access to glasses at scale.
Connecting the world with vision care means seeing the larger picture, finding ways to help, and working with partners towards our common goals.
Jordan Kassalow
Co-Founder
Founder VisionSpring
Founding Steering Committee Member
Liz Smith
Chief Executive & Co-Founder
EYElliance
Founding Steering Committee Member
Jayanth Bhuvaraghan
Chief Mission Officer
Essilor International
Founding Steering Committee Member
Chris Jurgens
Director Reimagining Capitalism
Omidyar Network
Founding Steering Committee Member