Prevention of Blindness Trust believes that, if we are to eliminate avoidable blindness and ensure that all visually impaired people are able to enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people, we need to influence the policies and practices of decision makers across the world. The POB Trust is acting as a driving force to raise global awareness of the need to prevent blindness in developing countries.
Therefore, apart from indigenous philanthropy, the POB Trust has conducted high volume cataract surgery in nine different countries through community based free eye camps that are the most effective means of bringing eye care to rural areas with poor health facilities. Patients are enrolled in these free camps, have their surgery performed, and return to their homes while the camp packs up and moves on to another site.