Light for the World ensures that as many eye diseases as possible can be treated by

• promoting eye health care and strengthening the health system,

• training local experts, ophthalmologists, nurses and opticians so that they can detect eye diseases at an early stage,

• ensuring access to eye health, especially for people in rural areas, those who cannot afford the services, women, people with disabilities and children,

• providing technical aids to enable the treatment of eye disease and

• raising awareness of eye health and pave the way for new guidelines and laws.