Saving Vision
Through Education

The World Sight Foundation (WSF) exists to help with the education of eye health personnel in the developing world, and aid in reducing the estimated world blindness figure of 40 million people.. Our main objective is achieved through site visits, including lectures and skill sessions, and by distance learning courses.

“If we treat, we help now. If we teach, we help forever.”

Founded in 2012, WSF’s main mission is to educate primary care eye workers in the developing world. Enhancing the skills of these workers is an essential component of relieving suffering and blindness from eye disease.

Education

We aim to not only improve the standards of those we teach but also to encourage them to develop further skills for the benefit of those they serve. The skills we teach (such as learning how to examine the fundus of the eye) can result in immediate improvement of standards of primary eye care practitioners. This is an important way of reducing world blindness.

Enhancing skills

We feel strongly that increasing the skills of those doing primary eye care is an important way of reducing world blindness.

How we are helping

Priscilla Chitukutuku
Zimbabwe
Argent Moonga
Zambia
Diksha N. Waghmare
Rural Hospitals

Where we work

Africa

There are approximately 5.9 million blind in Africa. A significant proportion of our work in Africa has been directed at non-medical personnel in an attempt to build up the skills of those who do most of the primary care work. In order to pursue our educational work in Africa we established a training base at […]

India

There are approximately 5 million blind in India. Many of those most in need receive primary eye care from non-medical ophthalmic clinical officers. We focus on these government employees as these are the first professionals for whom the neediest and poorest patients seek help from and most of whom do not receive regular professional updates […]

Distance learning

WSF started distance learning courses in response to travel restrictions imposed by Covid lockdown. These courses were mainly, but not exclusively, directed at primary care eye workers. The course attendees were either gathered together, enabling local teachers to help with clinical skilling sessions, or widely scattered with smartphones.

Thanks so much for facilitating the 2-day distance learning ophthalmic training course

“We are glad to inform you that the sessions with didactic lectures and hands-on training have been very insightful, refreshing, and resourceful. All the participants, primarily the primary care allied ophthalmic professionals, really enjoyed the workshop and expressed their gratitude to WSF for arranging the training course.”

Dr. Vijay K Sarvepally,
Pushpagiri Vitreo Retinal Institute

The entire program was highly appreciated by all the participants

“I wish to place on record our sincere thanks for the sterling job that your organisation is doing at McCord Provincial Eye Hospital over the past 7 years.
The most recent 2-day course in June 2022, was a resounding success with about 25 in-house delegates and others online.
The new hybrid format worked well, however, I think that the delegates will benefit far more with your physical presence, so we look forward to seeing you soon.
We feel absolutely blessed by your involvement with, not only our institution, but the South African Department of Health, and together we are able to reach the rest of Africa.
Finally my prayer is that God will take our partnership from strength to strength.
Once again a BIG THANK YOU..”

Dr Jay Mannie Acting CEO
McCord Provincial Eye Hospital

I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for your efforts and commitment

“I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for your efforts and commitment to running an exceptional teaching course for the Ophthalmic Officers of the State of Punjab. Your lectures were extremely helpful for the participants to deepen their understanding of the subject and were greatly appreciated by all the participants.

We are truly grateful for your efforts and commitment and we thank you for your time. We hope to enlist your knowledge and intellect again to further promote the health and welfare of the state of Punjab.”

Dr. Neeti Singla
State Programme Officer-NPCB

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Latest news

Distance learning sets up new teaching opportunities

Distance learning courses have been our main teaching focus during restricted travel due to Covid in the last two years and we have conducted courses based at the HVDesai Eye Hospital in Pune, at the CMC Hospital in Ludhiana, Punjab, with The Ophthalmological Society in Gaza, at the Prof. M A Matin Memorial BNSB Base […]

New partnership in india

We have pleased to announce that we have formed a teaching partnership with the HVD Eye Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra with whom we have conducted on-site courses for some years. We intend to conduct two courses per year starting in February 2023, to upskill primary eye care professionals in Maharashtra state.

Primary eye care: a guide to diagnosis and management translations

Due to demand we are pleased to announce that the Primary Eye Care guide has now been published in French and Portuguese editions with a Spanish edition in the works as well. The English language version is also available to buy through amazon.com.

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Saving Vision
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