Sight
programmes and services within local communities across the world.
Projects designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight, improve eye
health and benefit eye care have been an essential part of the work of
It was in 1925 when Helen Keller, the inspirational deaf-blind
campaigner, challenged Lions to be "knights of the blind in the
crusade against darkness". Responding to this challenge continues in
a range of sight related projects undertaken by Lions Clubs
International British Isles & Ireland at home, and in support of
communities overseas.
- You can read more about our sight activities using the following links:
Diabetes awareness / testing / fundraising
Listening newspapers and radio
Eye tests & free spectacles for children in the Philippines ________________________________________________________
Nine out of 10 of the world's visually impaired people live in
developing countries. Lions clubs in the British Isles and
Ireland donate on average £65,000 a year to Lions Sight
Savers, a registered charity set up in partnership with Sightsavers. This charity is run by volunteer Lions, so all donations fund projects supported by Sightsavers
in East Africa and the Indian sub-continent
