VisionSpring creates a new method of distributing reading glasses in India and other developing countries
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This video introduces VisionSpring, a project jointly implemented by the SCOJO Foundation, Goldman Sachs, and various other groups in the private sector.
The project aims to empower local people to start their own businesses by helping them to see better. VisionSpring uses “vision entrepreneurs” to deliver affordable reading glasses to some of the world’s poorest and hardest to reach communities in India, Mexico, Central America, and Africa. The project has already delivered more than 100,000 pairs of glasses.
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Categorisations
Partnership types
Doing business with the poor; Provision of services / personnel
Regions / countries / territories
Africa: 53 countries
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- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte (France)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Reunion (France)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania (United Republic of)
- Togo
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Americas: 8 countries
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- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
Asia: India
Global issues
Job creation and enterprise development; HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, health and medical
Business sectors
Finance
