World Sight Day 2023
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ABALON Trust announces its fundraising total for the year, each year on World Sight Day. It also hosts a series of events highlighting the frontline work we have delivered into communities and the impact we have made. It is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible work of our volunteers and to say thank you to everyone that has supported us. It is also an opportunity to reset our priorities and outlines our plans for the coming year.
About ABALON Trust
ABALON Trust is an innovative, international eye-health charity working with medically underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa, The Caribbean and The United Kingdom.
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What's New
ABALON trust is working constantly to improve access to eye-health for people in sub Saharan African and the Caribbean. We also run projects to tackle health inequalities in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Countdown to World Sight Day 2023
ABALON Trust is an innovative, international eye-health charity working with medically underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa, The Caribbean and The United Kingdom.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
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What We Do
We work in 4 key areas that are detailed below
Children’s Eye Tests
ABALON Trust partners with a number of education and library charities to provide eye-tests school age children living in medically underserved communities. Undiagnosed and untreated vision problems in school age children can be a barrier to reading and learning that has a life-long impact on a child’s potential.
Adult Eye Health
Many of main causes of sight loss in adults is avoidable if they are detected early. Every year, ABALON Trust runs eye camps in medically underserved communities so that adults and their families have the opportunity to access eye clinics for eye checks and treatment by trained Optometrists and Ophthalmologists.
Older People’s Vision
Sight loss in older age can be prevented and treated in many cases, but for older people in living in places where they cannot access eye care, sight loss can be devastating. It can take away the independence of older people who then need to rely on their families for their basic day-to-day needs; a situation that is preventable.
UK & US Projects
ABALON Trust works closely with the Black British community in the United Kingdom to reduce health inequalities. It also works with US partner organisations to address the wider issue of health inequalities in diaspora communities. Our goal is to reduce the impact of preventable and treatable diseases that can lead to sight loss in these communities.