"The only thing worse than being blind is to have sight but no vision" Helen Keller

We are all blind. Sometimes willfully so, perhaps uninterested or unaware, too busy, under or overwhelmed and understandably incapable. If this feels like you, then:

Look out hard through your eyes, through millions of years of exquisite engineering, an external world in ultimate HD. Stare at a passer-by until they sense your gaze - a stream of visual energy that is beyond vision. And when they turn to meet your eyes beam your biggest smile at them until they are forced to return in kind. Then quickly make a donation, encourage them to do so too. Your eyes alone will have briefly lifted the metaphorical blindness of both the passer-by and yourself. But more importantly your donation will be a permanent contribution to the success of the Fighting Blindness charity.

Fighting Blindness is a patient-led charity with the determined vision to cure blindness. While funding research into cures for sight loss caused by retinal degenerative diseases, they provide support services for those affected both directly and indirectly.

Considering all the worthy causes that vie for your attention; fighting for one that you know can be won and cured seems the best place to invest the greater proportion of our money and energy.

According to Census 2022 nearly 300,000 citizens were affected to some extent by visual impairment. A staggering number that justifies the need to support and fund this issue into the future.

Simple interventions, such as the installation of Retina monitoring cameras in maternity hospitals, which saved the sight of 21 prematurely born babies in 2020 alone, and innovative research will dramatically reverse the conditions that lead to visual impairment.

Brains dedicate a larger proportion of their precious energy to a dominant sense to map the world. For the star-nosed mole and catfish touching is believing, for the owl and bat it is hearing, for our pets it is smelling. For us seeing is truly believing, and belief is the hope upon which we build our lives. Please donate, share and give those citizens the same opportunity to believe and hope that we have.

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