Gift Of Sight
Help restore sight to those suffering from cataracts in Africa. Your donation can fund life-changing surgeries and bring hope to the blind.
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The global cataract crisis
An estimated 5 million people are blinded by cataracts each year, and blindness affects more than 4% of the population in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Most of it is avoidable — cost-effective treatment such as cataract removal could prevent or cure the vast majority of cases.
- 5M
- people blinded by cataracts every year
- 51%
- of world blindness is caused by cataracts
- 21.4M
- visually impaired in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 75%
- of blindness across Africa is avoidable
Our mission
What is Muntada Aid doing?
With your support, we are declaring a fight against cataracts.
Since 2021, Muntada Aid has performed 4060 cataract and lens replacement surgeries in Mali, Niger, Uganda and Bangladesh.
A story of hope
Halima's journey of hope
Halima Garba is 70 years old and lives with her daughter and grandchildren in a small compound on the outskirts of Tahoua, some 300km from the capital Niamey in Niger.
She has cataracts in both eyes. The family's circumstances and Niger's stretched health system had left her partially blind for the past five years. Halima heard about our mission in Tahoua over the radio and registered for surgery — this is her journey of hope and light.
I consider myself blessed that I was able to witness the happiness on the faces of these elderly people as they could see the world and their beloved ones again for the first time in years.
An estimated 20 million people across Africa are blind or visually impaired, more than 75% of which is completely avoidable. This is an urgent problem that needs an immediate solution.
Get involved
How you can support
Setting up a Direct Debit is one of the best ways you can support our programme. Donating just £5 a month helps us reach more people suffering from cataract blindness — or with just £75 you can fund a life-transforming cataract operation in Niger.
Please remember that some people who visit our missions travel from remote villages with no means of food or shelter. Muntada Aid now serves warm, freshly cooked meals to patients and their family members during their stay at the hospital.
Restore sight, transform a life
Give the gift of sight today.
Setting up a monthly gift is one of the best ways to support our work — just £5 a month helps us reach more people living with cataract blindness.
- Zakat eligible
- Gift Aid +25%
Cataracts are responsible for 51% of the world's blindness.
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