Nearly one in five children in Saharanpur, India, have eye conditions that need glasses. This seriously affects their ability to learn. But there are no affordable specialist eye care services to treat them.
Uttar Pradesh should have at least 20 children's eye care centres to serve its population of 200 million. But it has just three.
Ambitious girls face many hurdles. Such as accessing medical treatment without a male family member present. And convincing relatives that qualifications are more important than an early marriage. Gender prejudice exists all over the world.
In places like Saharanpur, with low health rates and limited facilities, deteriorating eyesight means these hurdles seem so much larger.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
Your gift today will help develop outreach services, buy more glasses, and train more eye care professionals. So children can stop struggling at school.