GLASSES SOLD
925,922
ACTIVE VISION ENTREPRENEURS
9,000
SOCIAL IMPACT TO DATE
$352 million
LEVERAGE OF EACH DONOR DOLLAR IN 2009:
55:1
What We Do
VisionSpring trains local villagers to conduct outreach & vision screenings and sell high-quality, low-cost eyeglasses in their
communities. Our Vision Entrepreneurs sell affordable reading glasses, sunglasses & eye drops and refer customers needing prescription glasses to a VisionSpring optometrist or a partner eye health institution.
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Innovation
VisionSpring provides each Vision Entrepreneur with a
Business in a Bag, a sales kit containing the products and materials needed to launch a successful business. After receiving training, Vision Entrepreneurs begin bringing first-line vision care to communities in need. VisionSpring continues to evolve by offering new, cost-effective services such as: prescription glasses in VisionSpring optical shops, sought-after, culturally appropriate frame styles, and a "Myopia Kit" which allows optometrists to treat patients in hard-to-reach communities.
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Awards, Recognition and Press
VisionSpring has been internationally recognized by The Skoll Foundation, The Aspen Institute, and The World Bank. A three-time winner of Fast Company's Social Capitalist Award, VisionSpring won the Duke Fuqua School of Business CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation and was the inaugural winner of the John P. McNulty Prize. President Clinton has said that VisionSpring’s work will "help hundreds of thousands of people and in the process create a whole new sector of the economy."
Get Involved
VisionSpring relies on the generous support of foundations, corporations and individual donors. VisionSpring is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible in the United States.
Contributions may be made at
VisionSpring.org/donate or by contacting
us at
info@visionspring.org.
