# Blindness Charity UK | Eye Charity Restoring Sight | WAN

> Source: https://worldaidnetwork.org/blindness-charity
> A UK blindness charity funding cataract surgery and preventable blindness treatment for patients in poverty. See how £200 restores one patient's sight.

Eye charity · UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation 

#  Blindness Charity — Restore Sight for Patients Who Cannot Afford Care 

Most blindness worldwide is preventable or treatable. World Aid Network is a UK eye charity that funds sight-restoring surgery for patients living in poverty — where a cataract means a lifetime in darkness, not a routine day procedure. 

[ Sponsor cataract surgery — £200 ](/sponsor-a-cataract-operation) [ Gift of Sight Appeal ](/appeal/gift-of-sight) 

✓ One complete operation per £200✓ Licensed local surgeons — no overseas volunteers✓ Trustee-approved patient lists 

What does World Aid Network fund? 

World Aid Network is a UK eye charity funding sight-restoring cataract surgery and preventable blindness treatment for poor patients in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. A complete operation costs approximately **£200** — surgeon, lens, consumables, anaesthesia and follow-up included.

Eye charities in the UK serve different roles — some fund research, some provide NHS support, some restore sight overseas. World Aid Network funds direct surgical treatment through PMDC, KKI and MMC-registered ophthalmologists in our three Object countries.

Eighty percent of visual impairment is avoidable. Your gift turns that statistic into a name, a face and a person who can see their family again.

Impact 

## Your donation at work

Every gift is restricted to patient care and emergency relief within our charitable Objects.

£200

One complete cataract operation restoring sight permanently

£400

Two sight-restoring operations

£1,000

Five operations — a classroom of patients seeing again

£2,000

A full surgical session of approximately ten patients

## Frequently asked questions

 What is an eye charity? 

Eye charities fund sight-restoring treatment for people who cannot afford ophthalmic care. World Aid Network focuses on cataract surgery, diabetic eye disease and other treatable causes of blindness in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

 How much does it cost to restore someone's sight? 

A complete cataract operation — surgeon, lens, consumables, anaesthesia and follow-up — costs approximately £200 through our partner hospitals. That permanently restores vision for one patient.

 How is World Aid Network different from UK eye hospitals? 

We do not provide NHS or private care in the UK. We fund treatment for poor patients overseas through locally-licensed surgeons — closing the access gap where blindness is treatable but unaffordable.

### Related pages

[Sponsor a cataract operation](/sponsor-a-cataract-operation)[Diabetic retinopathy charity](/diabetic-retinopathy-charity)[Eye surgery programme](/eye-surgery)[Charity virtual gifts](/charity-virtual-gifts) 

## Give the gift of sight

Eighty percent of visual impairment worldwide is avoidable. Your £200 permanently restores vision for one patient through a licensed local surgeon.

[ Sponsor cataract surgery — £200 ](/sponsor-a-cataract-operation) [ Gift of Sight Appeal ](/appeal/gift-of-sight) 

£200 = one complete cataract operation. Nothing left for the patient to pay.

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World Aid Network is a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity registration in progress; application ref 5290505, ICO ref ZC156579).