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Help Stop Millions of Children from Going Blind – Needlessly

Sign the petition and ask world leaders to do more to save children like Gafaro from preventable blindness.

Every minute, a child goes blind from River Blindness, Trachoma or Cataracts — conditions that are easily treated or prevented.

Every minute of inaction means another child suffers needlessly.

Little children in poor countries are the worst affected. When they lose their eyesight they are shut out from the world, other people and opportunities to learn or work. Some even lose their lives.

Will you take action now to prevent needless suffering?

Please sign the petition now, and help save the sight of children like Gafaro.

Four-year-old Gafaro from Uganda was born with Cataracts. His world became progressively smaller and darker.

His mother could not afford the operation to remove the Cataracts. It broke her heart because she knew that without help, her beautiful boy would go needlessly, irreversibly blind.

This is happening to another child and another family right now.

You can help put a stop to it — before it's too late.

Please add your voice to the global call for immediate action on preventable blindness.
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To: Heads of State and Government

We call on you to make preventable blindness an urgent health priority.

Every year, around 500,000 children in developing countries go needlessly blind. Only 2 per cent of those will receive an education. In some regions, up to half of them will die within 12 months.

We urge you to take immediate action and confront a problem threatening the lives and futures of millions of children.

This issue cannot be allowed to slip to the bottom of the political agenda. For every minute of inaction, another child goes blind.

A global coordinated response could save these children.

The main causes of blindness - River Blindness, Trachoma and Cataracts - can be quickly and cheaply treated and prevented.
But these children need your help to access medication and treatment. Without it, they will lose their sight – often very painfully.

We ask you to make preventable blindness a top health priority. These children need your political willpower to save them from lifelong misery and disadvantage.

Please take a stand. Commit to saving the sight and future of the millions of children facing a lifetime of darkness.

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Sincerely,
[Your name]
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