Recycle Your Old Specs

miss_angie1

I have come across the site https://www.uniteforsight.org from a Friends of the Earth newsletter I have recently received about donating your old specs. I will be donating three of my old pairs of glasses and have told friends and family members who are also digging out a few old pairs.

Further info below (a snippet from the website)

Your eyeglasses (reading and distance) as well as non-prescription sunglasses will be distributed to children and adults in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Reading glasses and sunglasses are especially needed!
Donate to Unite For Sight
Importance Of Your Eyeglass Donation

* Over 1 billion people in developing countries need eyeglasses but cannot afford them.
* Over 4 million pairs of eyeglasses are thrown away each year in North America.
* 25% of the global population needs eyeglasses.
* 50% of children in institutions for the blind in Africa would be able to read normal or large print if they had eyeglasses
* The price for glasses in Benin and other African countries can exceed three months' average salary