The Gift of Vision – A 3rd World Luxury

Suffering hunger, starvation, war, pestilence, people in the developing world live amid problems of epic proportions. Now, for the lack of proper eyecare, tens of millions also suffer unnecessary vision problems including blindness.

The infographic below reveals shocking statistics concerning this vision plague that casts so many into the shadows, if not total darkness. Helping some of the many organizations trying to combat this problem can give the gift of sight to another human being – other than the gift of life, what great help is there?


Infographic courtesy of Mezzmer Eyeglasses

80 percent of all the visually impaired can never have to suffer. This is a pretty big incentive to find out more about how we can all help those less fortunate than ourselves. For more information visit the Eyeglasses sponsor of this infographic, Mezzmer.