Charity

Larry Benjamin, retired ophthalmic consultant and an overseas volunteer with Orbis for 16 years, on scaling up the charity’s remote training capabilities in light of COVID-19

The Macular Society has teamed up with four other charities to host a Zoom event on 26 November

Maurice Geary, director of Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital, on the acceleration of blended learning during COVID-19 and how the charity’s training adapted to international lockdown

Sarah Baldock and Nigel Terry completed the 26.2-mile challenge to raise funds for Vision Aid Overseas

Kashinath Bhoosnurmath, VP of international programmes at Operation Eyesight in Hyderabad, tells OT  why governments and NGOs need to work together to avoid a “looming sight crisis”

Sumrana Yasmin, global technical lead on refractive error at Sightsavers, tells OT  about the charity’s mission to ensure that eye care is included as part of the global COVID-19 recovery

Vision Aid Overseas plans to re-focus on alternative fundraising methods as the scheme no longer raises enough money to cover the charity’s costs

After social distancing restrictions were announced in March, the charity fast-tracked a new COVID-secure way to deliver radios to people with sight loss

Stephen Kirley, a domiciliary optometrist in Glasgow, has passed the midway point of a challenge to cycle to football stadiums across Scotland for the charity Tiny Changes

The funds will allow 55 homeless people to access eye examinations and spectacles, as a result of Practice Building’s marketing initiative