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Continuing its eyecare missions internationally and in the U.S., OneSight has also been extending its sustainable efforts in putting together vision centers in the U.S. and around the world that can offer long term solutions to the hardest hit who need access to vision care and vision correction. Luxottica is the founding sponsor of OneSight which also now works with a range of company and brand partners to support its work.

In this past year, OneSight’s charitable programming in 2020 helped more than 13,500 people receive eye exams and glasses, delivered across a range of programming formats including 12 charitable clinics, screening events, and a national program to address those negatively impacted by the pandemic in partnership with LensCrafters.





In order to continue to provide vision care in the midst of the COVID environment, OneSight overhauled its clinic and sustainable vision center protocols to ensure safety for patients, volunteers, staff, and partners. OneSight drove additional charitable impact by donating over 250,000 frames for people in need during the pandemic.

In April, OneSight launched an Online Vision Check on its website that has so far helped almost 15,000 people check their vision and recommend next steps for them to access quality vision care.

Throughout 2020, OneSight opened 24 new sustainable vision centers—these new centers will provide local, affordable vision care access to 7.3 million people. This brings its total number of sustainable vision centers to 195, with total vision care access of over 42 million people.

Of these sustainable vision centers, several are in the U.S. While some are currently closed or limited in operation due to COVID-19 restrictions, they will resume operations as soon as restrictions allow, according to Jeff Wallace, OneSight’s director of global marketing. There are 8 in California, 9 in Ohio, and one each in New York, Indiana and Georgia.

In 2021, OneSight will continue its efforts “to bring vision care to everyone, everywhere.” Wallace noted, “Due to ongoing COVID-19 precautions, we are focusing our efforts on delivering care where it is needed most, while minimizing travel and utilizing local volunteers as much as possible.”

In the U.S., OneSight is planning charitable clinics that deliver vision care to under resourced communities in New York City, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Washington D.C., and Kansas City. The organization will also continue its charitable work with Native American communities and with migrant communities in Central California and on the Southern border with Mexico.

As part of its continued Sustainable Vision Care work, OneSight plans to open 25 new vision centers in 2021 across Africa and China, bringing long-term access to vision care to more than 5 million more people. Looking even farther ahead, the group’s goal is to add other countries in Africa and Southeast Asia, to add approximately 20 million more people with access over the next five years, said Wallace.

Those looking to take part and/or partner with OneSight’s work can find more details at https://onesight.org/engage.


Despite COVID, OneSight's Missions in 2020 Supported Vision Care Access to Millions





After establishing COVID safety protocols, OneSight's teams went to work to help the hardest hit in locations from Georgia and California to Bangladesh and New Zealand, and more, bringing vision care to more than 7 million people.

Watch the video ‘Look Back at 2020’ here: https://youtu.be/WNStBsOyH-U