A child sits in the front row of the classroom but sees only a blur where the blackboard should be. Numbers swim, letters smudge and answers that were once on the tip of the tongue slip away. Confidence ebbs. The hand goes up less often. Not for lack of effort. Not for lack of promise. Simply for lack of clear vision.

Now imagine the moment after a simple eye test, when a pair of prescription glasses is gently placed on the child’s face. The blackboard turns crisp. Numbers sharpen. Colours deepen. A smile appears, small at first and then impossible to hide. In that instant, a new path opens.

Your support can make that moment happen.

As part of IVI’s commitment to screen 1 million children over the next three years, every child identified with refractive error will receive free spectacles, and any child with other eye conditions will be referred to our partner hospitals for timely care.