About us

28 million helped

Seeing is Believing is a global initiative to help tackle avoidable blindness.

We raise money to prevent and treat avoidable blindness. Through our funding, we’ve helped to bring affordable eye care to some of the poorest communities across the globe.

Since our launch in 2003, we’ve reached over 28 million people. Every dollar raised is matched by Standard Chartered Bank – doubling our impact on the ground.

We are a collaboration between Standard Chartered Bank and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

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The Issue

39 million blind

Every five seconds, someone, somewhere in the world goes blind. Every minute, one more child goes blind – and 60% of these children will die within a year.

There are up to 39 million people already blind across the world. Without effective intervention, this is set to rise to 76 million by 2020.

More than 90% are in the developing world and deprived urban areas. The issue goes beyond health – it affects the livelihoods of individuals and the economic well-being of communities.

But 80% of blindness can be prevented or treated.

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Our projects

Making an impact

Our projects restore sight for people in need across the globe. See where we are helping...

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