Millions of people suffer from poor eyesight or even blindness because they lack decent nutrition and sanitation, glasses, or access to simple surgery. In the poorer countries, upto 20 Million people suffer from cataract blindness and around 180 Million suffer from significant visual disability. In the Third World, young men are losing their sight and even children are affected when they are born with disease.

Through the Gift of Sight appeal, Humanity First established a clinic in Thurparker Pakistan to provide cataract operations for patients referred from their rural medical camps. with the approach about prevention as much as cure through:

» Prescription and distribution of glasses to children and adults

» Treatment of infections that lead to visual disability

» Treatment of nutritional deficiencies that result in blindness

» Provision of medical staff to perform operations for cataracts