Spotlight on System Orchestration: How EYElliance Works to Solve a Billion Person Problem

Nearly 1 billion people around the world live with blindness or vision impairment that is correctable with a pair of eyeglasses. Without good vision, both children and adults are excluded from full access to economic opportunity. On a more fundamental level, poor eyesight can limit full participation and enjoyment of life overall. The benefits of corrected vision are incontrovertible: improved educational outcomes, increased personal earnings, increased productivity of the working poor, and improved literacy rates. While the necessary technology and large-scale distribution models exist, the problem persists.  

We’ll take a closer look at how EYElliance tackles this problem as a system orchestrator—a multisector coalition with a global vantage point to hold and drive global strategy towards eradicating this solvable problem. We’ll see how EYElliance knits together efforts that draw on the strengths of the public and private sectors along with the largest International Non Governmental Organization global development implementers.