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The focus of our activities is in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. There we reach people in the poorest countries on earth.

Vision Impact Project Kenya

Project started
2022
Project size [USD]
11.635.358$
The program spans a total of four years, during which we combat preventable blindness in Kenya. The overall objective is to reduce the prevalence of visual impairment and address preventable blindness in the target areas and provide access to inclusive eye care services for the entire population (6.6 million people) in five Kenyan counties.
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Success Stories

Reaching the goal together: The Vision Impact Project and the United Nations

Three sustainability goals of the United Nations also play a central role in the Vision Impact Project: health promotion, specialist training and gender equality. The VIP project has thus joined the ranks of UN partnerships.

Project portrait on UN.org
Stiftungrat von Vision Aid Suisse auf Projektbesuch in Kenia
Foundation Board visits the Vision Impact Project

Foundation Board members Tanja Spiegel, Richard Zoni and Max Belevics visit the Vision Impact Project in Kenya and see the effectiveness of the aid project for themselves.

Bitcoin Suisse: A strong partner

Entrepreneurial commitment and experienced project implementation go hand in hand: The Swiss crypto pioneer Bitcoin Suisse will support the project work of Vision Aid Suisse with its network in the future.

Together for Kenya with the national government

A big milestone for our Vision Impact Project in Kenya. The national government officially supports the aid project at the political level and and thus considerably simplifies the approval and implementation processes.

Emmanuel Bwire

Origin:
Kenya, Vihiga County*

Emmanuel has the blinding eye disease cataract in both eyes. His mother has to care for Emmanuel and his twin sister Mary all by herself: Her husband died when the children were just six months old. Because the nine-year-old has such poor eyesight, it makes him sad that he can’t run around and play like the other kids. Emmanuel also has big problems at school: he tries to read what is written on the blackboard, but he does not succeed. He no longer recognizes the letters, neither on the blackboard nor in the exercise book.

* Emmanuel is a beneficiary of an older aid project in Kenya, as the VIP project cannot yet produce up-to-date portraits due to its recent implementation.

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Benjamin Oyangi

Origin:
Kenya, Vihiga County*

Benjamin Oyangi has been living with cataracts in Kenya. Although his income came merely from occasional unskilled labor, he also had to care for his nieces Rael Kageha and Sheila Kabarika. Since his vision problems began, he has been supported by his mother, Rael Mmono. A counseling center near him, sponsored by the VIP project, was finally able to help him. The outreach team examined him and referred him to Sabatia Eye Hospital, where he finally got help.

*Benjamin Oyangi is a beneficiary of an older aid project in Kenya, as the VIP project cannot yet produce up-to-date portraits due to its recent implementation.

Jenefer Asonga

Origin:
Kenya, Vihiga County*

It started in 2020. Jenefer got a headache and her eye started to hurt. She was given medicines from the pharmacy, but they didn’t work. Jenefer used to work on the farms in the area, but that is no longer possible. Today she sits in front of her house and depends on her relatives who regularly bring her tea or porridge. Jenefer’s greatest wish is to be treated so that she can grow onions and tomatoes for a living.

*Jenefer Asonga is a beneficiary of an older aid project in Kenya, as the VIP project cannot yet produce up-to-date portraits due to its recent implementation.