While many choose to spend their free time and holidays with family and friends, we have decided to use ours to make a difference. Several times a year we travel to some of the world's poorest countries and help blind people regain their sight.
There are around 44 million blind people in the world, and this costs the world economy more than DKK 133 billion per year in lost income. But worst of all is that it is a great tragedy for those affected and their families.
In a poor country, one man's labor can feed an entire family. Therefore, it can be a death blow for the family if a member suddenly becomes blind. Blindness in the poor is most often a consequence of diabetes and other similar diseases. We are therefore very successful in saving their sight by, for example, implanting artificial lenses so that they can see again.
