End preventableblindness
We bring sight-saving eye care to the communities that need it most across East Africa - through outreach, surgery, and early screening.
A CLEAR VISION FOR EAST AFRICA
Across the region, hundreds of thousands of people live with blindness that could have been prevented or cured. Distance and cost keep care out of reach.
City Eye Foundation exists to close that gap - improving the accessibility of eye care in both location and price, so that no one loses their sight simply because of where they were born or what they can afford.
What we do
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COMMUNITY EYE CAMPS
Distance and cost are the biggest barriers to eye care. Our outreach programme removes both - taking vision screening, diagnosis, and treatment directly into underserved communities, so care reaches the people who need it most.
SIGHT-RESTORING SURGERY
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness - and they are curable. We subsidise surgery for patients who could never otherwise afford treatment, restoring sight in a single procedure.
DIABETIC EYE SCREENING
Our Fundus camera detects diabetic eye disease early within the outreach programme - enabling timely intervention that prevents needless blindness before vision is ever lost.
When a young medical student watched his diabetic father lose his sight, he resolved that no family should face preventable blindness alone.
That conviction grew into a foundation, a hospital, and a movement to end preventable blindness across the region - carried forward by the team and communities who believe sight is a right, not a privilege.
Inspiration from the field
A grandmother sees her grandchildren for the first time
A subsidised cataract surgery gave 72-year-old Mary back her sight - and her independence - at our Kiambu outreach camp.
Learn more →4,000 surgeries - and counting
Our surgical team reached a landmark milestone, restoring sight for thousands of patients who could not afford hospital care.
Learn more →Catching blindness before it starts
Our Fundus camera programme has screened over 6,000 diabetic patients - preventing blindness through early detection.
Learn more →Training the next generation of eye-care workers
Ophthalmic nurses and residents from the University of Nairobi train at our facility - building East Africa's eye-care capacity.
Learn more →Empowering communities through eye care
COMMUNITY EYE CAMPS
Distance and cost are the biggest barriers to eye care. Our outreach programme removes both - taking vision screening, diagnosis, and treatment directly into underserved communities, so care reaches the people who need it most.
Learn more →SIGHT-RESTORING SURGERY
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness - and they are curable. We subsidise surgery for patients who could never otherwise afford treatment, restoring sight in a single procedure.
Learn more →DIABETIC EYE SCREENING
Our Fundus camera detects diabetic eye disease early within the outreach programme - enabling timely intervention that prevents needless blindness before vision is ever lost.
Learn more →Eye camps & events
Organizations we work with
Partnering with leading organizations committed to eliminating preventable blindness across East Africa.
KM Kenya Medical Association
KM Kenya Medical Association
KM Kenya Medical Association
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