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People Fixing the World: Improving our eyesight
Myra Anubi
BBC's "People Fixing the World" traveled to Karnataka, India to document how eyeglasses are transforming agricultural productivity among coffee farmers at the Garigekhan Estate. The episode features interviews with farmers who received eyeglasses, alongside VisionSpring team members Anshu Taneja (Managing Director, VisionSpring India), Bhavyashree (Optometrist, Counsellor, and Optical Dispenser), and Chandrasehekur (Deputy Lead, See to Earn).
Glasses Improve Income, Not Just Eyesight
Andrew Jacobs
A study found that when older workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not. According to the W.H.O., the lack of access to corrective eyewear inhibits learning among students, increases the likelihood of traffic accidents and forces middle-age factory workers and farmers to prematurely leave the work force.
Landmark Study Proves and Quantifies Impact on Worker's Productivity
Prof.Nathan Congdon & Priya A Reddy*
Called PROSPER the study affirms that eyeglasses have the potential to dramatically boost worker productivity worldwide. In India, providing tea pickers with corrective lenses improved worker productivity by 21.7 percent, with productivity increasing to almost 32 percent when vision correction was p (...)
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VisionSpring, Eye Care Foundation, and Deckers partner to screen the vision of factory workers in Cambodia | March 2025
Advancing Road Safety Through Clear Vision: VARS 4.0 Sets Bold Agenda | March 2025
THRIVE Randomized Controlled Trial - Wearing glasses boosts income by a third in lowincome communities, finds landmark new study | April 2024
VisionSpring and IAPB Elevate Collective Effort to End Avoidable Sight Loss | January 2024
Half a million factory workers have vision screened in landmark proiect led by alliance of US Businesses | October 2023
VisionSpring provides the first-ever vision screening for monks in the Dalai Lama’s community | July 2023
New Vision Programme Will Test the Sight of 47,500 Rural Zambians | June 2023
VisionSpring’s Screening Methodology is Adopted by the World Health Organization | January 2023
MacKenzie Scott $15m gift to VisionSpring will help unlock $1 billion in income | October 2022
VisionSpring Moves Manufacturing from China to India | August 2022
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