Through programs like REACH (Refractive Error Among Children), we work with local partners in Nepal to screen, identify, and treat schoolchildren — improving their chances for bright futures rather than lives with poor vision and diminished opportunities.
We first deployed REACH – a comprehensive system for screening and correcting children’s vision – in 2016 in India. It has already been tremendously successful there, providing 4.25 million eye screenings, more than 129,000 optical treatments and 1,400 surgeries as well as training over 55,000 teachers and community workers.