Our Mission
Global eyecare needs our help.
WE’RE TAXING OURSELVES
MyPEAR’s self-imposed vision tax of 1% helps provide vision and eyecare services to those in most need, globally.
Why eyecare needs our help.
- Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment.
- ~75% of vision loss is preventable with routine eye care!
- The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts.
- The majority of people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years; however, vision loss can affect people of all ages.
- Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden with the annual global costs of productivity losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion.
Impact of your contribution.
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- Improve global access to eyecare and vision care services
- Increase global eyecare and vision care awareness
- Improve availability of eyeglasses for those in need
- We partner with localized organizations to help carry out this initiative