Kat Corbett loves to lose herself in a good book, so she cherishes her eyesight. She has a condition for which she must take drops daily, and she’s thankful that works. She says, “I hate to think what my life would be like if I could no longer read!”
Eager to help children to experience the joy of reading, too, she founded her own primary school. When she retired, she enjoyed taking early-literacy activities into preschools as a volunteer. “As an educator,” Kat says, “I know that for children to maximize their education, they must become proficient and eager readers.”
That’s why she’s happy to support Orbis’s work with a monthly donation as a Partner in Sight. “Too many children are growing up blind,” she says, “when their vision could so easily be restored. Without sight, they can’t learn to read, as there are few, if any, schools for the blind in low-income countries. Remaining blind and illiterate, they won’t find work to support themselves and will have only the lowest quality of life.”
