Pakistan
For more information about eye campaigns, click on Mehboob CharityVision.
Pakistan has one of the highest blindness rates for children in the world, and yet there is no government funding for cataract surgery. Consequently, nonprofits carry the full burden of providing assistance to patients in need.
Our School Eye Screening Program, called SightBuddies, should be on a mass level in the next few years.
Immediate Needs
CharityVision founded a hospital in Mansehra, Pakistan that performs 3,000 cataract surgeries each year. We also partner with other ophthalmologists who perform screenings in remote villages.
Our Solutions
Islamabad
Saeed Education and Health Trust
Mansehra
Mehboob CharityVision Eye Hospital
Local Partners
Annual Report 2022
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Annual Report 2022 〰️
Surgeries Performed: 5,749
Patients Screened: 87,760
Glasses Donated: 10,023
Outreaches: 341
Stories from the field
Good News!
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COVID-19 cannot stop Pakistan’s eye care initiative!
SightBuddies is a school screening program that allows children in low-income households to receive prescription glasses they so desperately need. The SightBuddies School screening program focuses on providing sight and grow opportunities to children.
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New library for the community
Thanks to an incredible donation from Better World Boods, our Pakistan team opened a new library for the community.
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Eye Screenings, Teacher Training, and more!
With eye screenings for 400 children and training for eight teachers, we tackled allergic eye conditions and uncorrected refractive errors, aiming to improve academic performance and quality of life while reducing school dropouts.
MEET THE TEAM
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Malik Salahuddin
COUNTRY DIRECTOR
“I grew up in a remote area outside of Islamabad. When my younger brother (an ophthalmologist) suddenly passed away at age 42 from a heart attack, I decided to serve humanity and honor my brother’s memory.”
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Junaid Mehboob
MEEHBOOB CV MANAGER
“I established Mehboob Charity Vision Eye Hospital (MCV) in 2015 as the first corporate sector Eye Hospital in the Hazara Region of KPK. Every day, I see people dying blind but sight will give them the opportunity to go back on their feet. I want from my heart to work for them.”
info@mehboobcv.org
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Dr. Usman
OPHTHALMOLOGIST
“After meeting Dr. Jackson, Charityvision’s founder, I was so impressed and felt that CV was truly working for a good cause. I believe CV is working for underprivileged people, so I should hold their hand and start working for humanity.”
