EYElliance - Glasses Change Lives

The Opportunity

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.

Focal Points

MOBILIZING
NEW RESOURCES

SIGNALING
ATTENTION &
ADVOCACY

ACCELERATING
IMPACT

MOBILIZING NEW RESOURCES

The EYElliance works to catalyze new and unaccessed funding options, including impact investors, private sector donors, foundations and governmental organizations. We educate leaders in these areas on the importance of eyeglasses and eye health with the goal of appropriating more resources to this neglected field.

SIGNALING ATTENTION & ADVOCACY

The EYElliance makes the case for investment in vision care and the provision of eyeglasses as a global development priority. We take the latest available evidence of how better vision leads to improved lives and highlight bright spots from organizations that are solving the problem in innovative, replicable, and scalable ways. With this information in hand, we meet with leaders from governments, the private sector, and civil sector to advocate for incorporating these models into funding and programmatic agendas.

ACCELERATING IMPACT

Ultimately, the EYElliance measures our success by the number of glasses that make it to those living with poor but correctable vision. To make the largest impact, we improve coordination between existing actors in this space and facilitate collaboration across sectors to support market-led development and school eye health initiatives.