Outreach
Extending eye care to vulnerable populations is a key facet of our mission. We conduct these missions to a variety of locations hosting underserved populations, including homeless shelters, refugee homes, overseas medical clinics, and remote eye camps. Our team of volunteer ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, and medical trainees provide essential care to those whose vision would have deteriorated further under systemic neglect.
Community Engagement
FORSEE Canada recognizes that community engagement is essential to combat the global crises of vision loss and visual impairment. As such, we fund the Social Eyecare Scholarship. This competitive award is directed towards medical trainees or post-secondary students pursuing an advanced degree within public health and/or clinical epidemiology. Recipients work to identify healthcare solutions for our communities with the larger directive of addressing underserved communities on a global scale.
“Being part of the Social Eyecare project allowed me to work with incredible mentors in the field to lead projects on improving eye care access to vulnerable populations, including homeless populations within Toronto and the Peel Region… It was a great opportunity that really allowed me to delve deep into my passions to improve global and local health.”
â Mariam Issa, the first recipient of the Social Eyecare Scholarship who is now a 3rd year ophthalmology resident at the University of Toronto
Local Outreach
FORSEE Canada is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities here at home. We have completed missions across various locations in the Greater Toronto Area, focusing on underserved populations by targeting sites such as refugee homes and shelters to deliver vision screenings and essential care.
“Witnessing the tangible impacts of these efforts has been both motivating and moving.”
â Khaldon Abbas, volunteer
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Local Missions Completed
289
Community Members Served
40+
Volunteers Joined
Global Outreach
Global outreach is at the heart of our directive to ensure that no one is denied access to vision care. In 2023 and 2024, we launched Global Outreach Missions in Nairobi and Nyeri, Kenya, delivering sight-saving surgeries for residents and training local ophthalmologists to strengthen healthcare capacity in the region. This was complemented by eye screenings and the distribution of prescription glasses, providing a holistic approach to improving vision care access.
“Not only are our doctors now skilled [phacoemulsification] surgeons who are now ready to train other doctors, but hundreds of patients have also received the gift of good vision.”
â Mithamo Kibata, Operations Manager at City Eye Hospital in Kenya
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Global Missions Completed
240
Surgeries Completed
4
Local Ophthalmologists Trained
How Your Support Helps
Over 2 billion people worldwide suffer from visual impairment or blindness, including 5.5 million people in Canada from vision-threatening eye conditions. However, most vision loss is preventable or treatable. Your contribution can help us sustain and expand critical screenings and interventions that could stem up to 90% of visual impairment globally.
