Millions around the world are at risk of losing their sight, which can be avoided by paying attention to their suffering and taking urgent action to take the necessary medical measures that are considered cheap in exchange for enabling them to regain their sight.
Therefore, the Mervat Soltan Foundation launches the “Egypt in Our Eyes” initiative as part of its humanitarian efforts to combat blindness and eye diseases in communities suffering from need and deprivation by performing surgeries to remove cataracts, glaucoma and pterygium operations, providing free medical treatment and consultations, providing free medical glasses, and spreading awareness. Health.
•  Our strong initiative “Egypt in Our Eyes” to combat the causes of blindness under the auspices of the presidential initiative “A Decent Life”. This slogan was created to eliminate avoidable blindness across Egypt within ten years.

•  Vision of “Egypt in Our Eyes Initiative”
Egypt is free of avoidable blindness.

•  The mission of the “Egypt in Our Eyes Initiative”
Providing eye care to the neediest and poorest communities, including men who support their families, women, children and the elderly. We will provide an integrated medical system of doctors, nurses, and technicians to perform surgeries and provide eyeglasses, medications, and other eye care services. Our goal is an Egypt free of blindness. The Mervat Soltan Foundation believes that restoring sight is one of the most effective ways to alleviate suffering and reduce poverty and ignorance.

•  Statistics and field research in the field of combating blindness
- 80% of cases of visual impairment can be controlled and prevented.
- 90% of people with blindness in the world live in developing countries.
- 60% of children under the age of five who become blind in developing countries die within a year.
- 2.3 billion people worldwide suffer from poor vision.
- Many people live with mild visual impairment that can be prevented, and many of them have not yet been treated.
-  1.8 billion people will suffer from vision loss by 2050 if no action is taken.
- With loss of vision, the risk of depression increases by 33%.
-  Poor eye health increases the risk of premature death by 2.6 times
-  Almost every person on Earth will need eye care services during their lifetime.
- Medical intervention related to eye health is very effective and cost-effective
- $411 billion in lost global productivity can be restored through action on eye health.
Prescription glasses reduce a child’s chances of failing in school by 44%.
Eye health can improve productivity by 20-30%.

•  the problem
Blindness that can be treated to achieve a sighted and self-reliant society
According to the World Health Organization, at least 1.1 billion people worldwide suffer from visual impairment, which can be prevented or treated. Without any major costs, these will go up
The ratio will reach 1.7 billion people by 2050. Egypt has approximately 4.5 million people who are blind and severely visually impaired. The World Health Organization has stated that every four out of five blind people can enjoy the blessing of sight if they find medical care, treatment or prevention of the causes of blindness. These are people with reversible vision loss, which can be defined as blindness that can either be treated or prevented.
Life without a clear vision has limited opportunities. Even if a blind person in developing countries enjoys a life of independence and freedom, this can be disastrous and threaten dignity, as sight is part of human freedom.
The lives of men, women and children who have lost their sight are often very difficult as they are unable to care for themselves or support their families. It is unfortunate that visually impaired children are forced to drop out of school or are often ostracized by their peers. It is difficult for any blind person to rely on himself, which makes him depend on his family or on people who care for him, which also restricts their freedom, and that. Together we can change their lives for the better. Eye diseases such as cataracts, trachoma, diabetic retinopathy, and uncorrected refractive errors can lead to blindness. We work to prevent or treat these dangerous diseases in the governorates of Egypt.
Restoring sight is one of the most cost-effective solutions to reduce poverty and ignorance. This has an immediate and profound impact on the person who can now see, study, work and earn a living. In addition, restoring sight creates a powerful ripple effect on the family and community who now benefit from a healthy, sighted individual contributing to the building of his village/country/homeland.
Access to eye care has a significant impact on the individual in our society. Operations and eye care medications change lives instantly. Prescription glasses give confidence in looking at life. A 15-minute eye surgery that restores sight, freedom and self-reliance. Eye infection medication prevents blindness and suffering for many decades. Good eye care has an immediate and lasting impact on the lives of individuals in our society.

• The most important components and objectives of the proposed projects
Through this joint cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which aims to survey and treat villages and schools for the causes of blindness and poor vision and perform eye operations on the waiting list to completely eliminate the causes of blindness, the Foundation conducts a medical survey to examine the eyes as part of treating the widespread causes of blindness. In the villages, glasses and treatment are dispensed to those who are eligible, and also operations are carried out for those in need. By eliminating the causes of blindness through detection and treatment, we can treat not only a health problem, but also an educational problem (dropping out of education), a psychological problem (bullying and depression), and a developmental problem.

•Our goal is to create a breakthrough in the field of eye care in Egypt through screening, treating, and eliminating blindness that must be avoided