Haiti

Hear from our Caribbean Director, Dr. Ritza, and patients about their fight against vision impairment in Haiti! Thanks to Claire Vision and CharityVision, we will improve eye care accessibility nationwide.

50% of all individuals who suffer from blindness in the Caribbean reside in Haiti, with the largest of those cases being cataracts. Low-income communities have the highest risk of this pathology because they lack access to good eye care, doctors, equipment, and eye clinics. 30,000+ cases are identified each year however very little can be done. We need to raise awareness to aid in preventing blindness and give Haiti hope for a brighter future.

CharityVision works to strengthen eye care services in the community. We regularly conduct awareness and eye screening campaigns with our partners to prevent this pathology and refractive errors for kids and adults. Our vulnerable and low-income community benefits from a 70% to 80% reduction per cataract surgery. We facilitate funding for eye surgeries through generous donations from organizations, families, and individuals with hearts for restoring sight.
Despite ongoing political unrest, our local Haiti team continues restoring sight every day.

Here's how you can help:
- $10 = Give a pair of prescription glasses
- $25 = Sponsor a cataract surgery
- $350 = Sponsor a school eye screening
- Host a glasses drive → See service opportunities
No matter the size, every gift helps our Haiti team reach more people with the eye care they deserve.

- Port-au-Prince:
  - Clinique Jeannot Cadet
  - Grace Children Hospital
  - Claire Vision
  - General Hospital of Port-au-Prince (HUEH)
  - Clinique Vision 2020
  - Haitian National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness (CNPC)
  - Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health)
  - The University of Haiti Optometry and Ophthalmology
  Gonaives and Cap Haitien:
  - Vision Plus Clinique
  Les Cayes:
  - Brenda Strafford Foundation Hospital
  Oaunaminthe:
  - Medi Center (Oaunaminthe Clinic)

Our Partners

Current Projects

Distribution of Equipment

We have been distributing equipment to our partners for some time and will continue to do so.
Distribution of Cataract Kits to our Partners

We continue to distribute cataract kits to our partners as we recieve them.
Community Outreaches

We reach out to provide vision for all - adults, teens, kids, poor, young or elderly - anywhere the need is and where we can reach safely.
Vision Pour Tout (Training for local nurses)

Our Haiti nurse teams continue virtual training led by our Colombia Country Director Dr. Guiomar Malevar, with the assistance of our local partner in Haiti, Clinique Jeannot Cadet. CharityVision is utilizing virtual communication worldwide to support and train!
Ongoing Meetings to Raise Awareness

Our partner Dr. Ritza from Claire Vision, along with CharityVision, is training community leaders and parents in Ouanaminthe to recognize common eye impairments. This ongoing effort aims to increase awareness about eye care in communities that believe blindness is unavoidable and to inform them about the resources we provide.

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Our Team

Spencer Lexy

“Working at CharityVision is not ordinary to me—it means much more. Mainly, it provides service opportunities for my people and my country. It makes miracles happen, and being part of a greater cause than myself feels good. More than co-workers, we are a big family that changes Haitian lives through vision. I love our mission and our commitment to it.”
Spencer@charityvision.org

Rosedette Edouard

"Vision For All" Program
“I love to serve my community. I am delighted to be able to work at CharityVision International and grow our "Vision for All" program. I greatly appreciate CharityVision's mission and our work within our company. I like the fact that we are targeting the most vulnerable.”

Farida Lexy

“I am happy to support my community while ensuring patient follow-ups, especially to those who take our work as a blessing in their lives. As the only woman on the staff, I add a special touch to our work. I am proud to work with CharityVision—an organization that fights eye diseases in Haiti, especially cataracts.”

Guerdy Zouty

“I love that I promote CharityVision’s cause… I feel good when we can reach out to the most vulnerable areas where people constantly suffer from eye diseases, and we sincerely serve them. My biggest joy is the happiness we bring to the community. I love to see that we can still be happy while serving others.”

Haiti’s
Annual
Report 2025

Man with new glasses in between a man and a woman

GLASSES DONATED:
6,262

OUTREACHES:
9

PATIENTS SCREENED:
84,440

SURGERIES PERFORMED:
3,106

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Stories from the field

Imagine living 3 hours from the nearest hospital...

That's the reality for families in Savann Long, one of Haiti's most remote communities.
Our local CharityVision team made the trip, examined 120 people, provided 60 pairs of glasses, and left with one promise: We'll be back!
Cataract Kits Arrived in Haiti

In the war-torn country of Haiti, where shelves are often bare and needs are dire, we are pleased to provide them with the necessary supplies for eye surgery. "These supplies have been a lifesaving resource for the poor. Thank you for not forgetting about us."
When .75 cents is all you can afford

Jovensky, struggling with schoolwork for over a year due to vision problems, couldn't afford an eye screening or glasses. His father started saving up for an eye exam, but when someone earns $180 per month for all living expenses, Jovensky's piggy bank was growing slowly. In Haiti, $50 for glasses is a significant expense! Jovensky heard about a free eye exam at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Within a week, our Haiti team referred him to our clinic in Ouanaminthe, where he received a brand new pair of glasses. With 100 gourdes saved in his pocket (approximately .75 cents USD), Jovensky paid for them himself. Grateful and smiling, he said, 'I don't need to have books really close to my face... Now, I can catch up on homework!'
New Clinic In Haiti!

Recently we packed a container headed to our newest clinic in Ouanaminthe, Haiti! Our clinics have made our Haiti programs totally self-sustainable.
The True Meaning of Sharing Love Through Sight

Rose was stabbed in the eye on accident by a classmate. Our Haiti Director drove her three hours to a partner clinic, where Dr. Dupuy Pierre mended her cornea as a heartfelt gift. Rose's mother tearfully said, "My daughter's vision may not be fully restored today, but now she sees something every child deserves: LOVE. Thank you on behalf of my family."
A Container Full of Hope Arrives in Haiti

A container with vital equipment for our partners, clinics, and school screening program has just arrived in the country. Despite the incredible social upheaval, our projects keep moving forward!
Children are our priority

We're teaming up with Father Jean Luc Bourdeau, the head of the school district in Ouanaminthe-Haiti, to launch our SightBuddies program. The area is home to 16,000 children who live hours away from access to medical care. Our initiative will ensure locals don't take their vision, or their children's eyes, for granted!