Growing a legacy of

SIGHT

through community.

EyeCare4Kids™ Africa is a non-profit organization that provides children with free vision screenings, optometric testing and, where necessary, new eyeglasses.

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Sight Screening

tests administered to children globally

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Pairs Of Glasses

distributed globally free of charge to underprivileged children

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Independant Accreditations

from local and international institutions

Why Sight?

With so many challenges in Africa why do we believe sight is among the most important to tackle:

Sight is a gateway

A gateway to reading, writing, learning, sport, culture, social interactions, careers and a future.

How YOU can help

In the spirit of uBuntu (I am because we are) EyeCare4Kids Africa believes it takes a village to achieve bold goals and scores of passionate people to ensure a legacy of vision.

There are several ways you can work with EyeCare4Kids Africa

Gift a child with Sight

R650.00

- Sight screening & Optometric testing
- Prescribed lenses, Frames & Case
- Delivery

You can change the world of child struggling to see. To donate click on the button below.

Donate

Pledge your

Professional Time

Pledge Time

EyeCare4Kids Africa works with optometrists to provide qualified eye exams for underprivileged children. If you are an optometrist and you would like to pledge an hour to provide eye exams for underprivileged children, please fill in our pledge form below.

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Community Project

EyeCare4Kids Africa works with Schools, Early Childhood Development Centers, Community Centers, Clinics, and other Community Development projects. If you have underprivileged children who need glasses and you’d like to collaborate with us, click on the button below.

Synergise

Our Story

Joseph Carbone, a board-certified optician, is the founder and president of EyeCare4Kids. He began his career in New York City in 1975. He recognized the issue that many underprivileged families face not being able to afford or have access to professional eye care for their children. In 2001, he left his private practice to launch EyeCare4Kids. It is a nonprofit dedicated to providing as many kids as possible with eye care services. Now, nearly 25 years later, EyeCare4Kids is working with Leon Pottas and Miguel Gomes, two dynamic South Africans as we take EyeCare4Kids to Africa.

American Gold Standard for Ethical NPO Practices

Our Fast Facts

We Are Established

Registered SA NPO

80/20: Project/Administration ratio

100 + years combined Optometry experience

Associated With

Working With

Small Projects Foundation

Department of Education

Mission Statement

To affect the sustainable roll out of vision screening and glasses to underprivileged people through community and engagement

Our Values

Responsibility

Community

Resilience

Featured Vision Initiative

Meet Sonia Shivambu, a passionate optometrist who is making a huge difference to her home and business communities.

Sonia grew up in a small village in Limpopo.

“My grandmother suffered from glaucoma and I watched her struggle to find treatment and struggle to see.” says Sonia.

Having qualified as an optometrist, Sonia now works in Soweto South Africa but she also runs several interventions into rural areas in South Africa

“In the village and areas in Limpopo where I am from there are 2 optometrists who service 19 clinics across vast distances.

As a result many people don’t have access to eye care and that is something I want to change.” she says.

In June 2024 Sonia ran a 3 day sight outreach program in Limpopo where she and her team tested the sight of adults and children in the community. Of the children tested who required glasses EyeCare4Kids™ Africa provided beautiful, stylish and script-specific spectacles to the children in the community. The EyeCare4Kids™ Africa support has enabled Sonia to fulfil her dream of providing screening and eye care to children regardless of their socio-economic bacground.