About The Fred Hollows Foundation

There are 36 million people worldwide right now who are blind, and 217 million with moderate to severe visual impairment. Without intervention, and the support of global eye health partners, funders and supporters, these numbers will triple over the next 30 years. 

With the clear goal of ending avoidable blindness front and center, the Fred Hollows Foundation has four strategic goals:

1.  Prioritizing cataract, which remains the biggest cause of blindness around the world

2.  Closing the gap in avoidable blindness and vision impairment between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians.

3.  Addressing gender inequity in eye health to remove the barriers for women to access treatment.

4.  Eliminating trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness.

The top priorities of the Fred Hollows Foundation is to work with communities to improve their own eye health through:

1. Funding and facilitating life-changing surgeries and treatments

2. Training doctors, nurses, and clinical and community eye health workers

3. Strengthening health systems through advocacy and influence

4. Engaging with local communities and empowering them to take their eye health in their own hands

5. Investing in new technologies and piloting new approaches to deliver eye care more effectively