Join OPC in Making a Difference in Francophone Africa
Francophone Africa is often overlooked by international development efforts, especially in the fight to restore sight and provide quality eye care. At the Organization for the Prevention of Blindness (OPC), we have been dedicated to this cause since 1978. Our work is made possible through strong partnerships with local governments, civil society organizations, and communities.
We invite your organization to join us in this vital mission. Whether you represent a foundation, a corporation, an institution, or a community group, there are impactful ways to get involved:
Foundation support
Charitable foundations play an important role in supporting OPC’s work. We are proud to be the trusted partner of foundations around the world.
Together, we help implement the foundation’s philanthropic vision, while our foundation partners support our work providing access to inclusive, comprehensive eye care and research, treatments and cures for people affected by blindness and blinding diseases in more than 10 Francophone African countries.
With over 40 years of expertise working in Francophone Africa, OPC’s programs are sustainable, scalable and inclusive, with a deep understanding and respect for each country’s local context. Programs are designed and implemented in collaboration with Ministries of Health and local stakeholders whom OPC has worked with for decades, and OPC’s project management ensures transparency and thorough project evaluation and reporting.
Foundations can support our work by:
- Supporting a specific project or area of work, usually over a multi-year period. This can include supporting a specific disease area and/or country program, like increasing the capacity of eye health centers or scaling up trachoma treatment and prevention programs.
- Granting a one-time or annual unrestricted gift, which allows OPC to use the funds for priorities identified at the time.
Our Foundation Partners
- Lavelle Fund for the Blind
- Lions Club International Foundation
- The END Fund
- Fondation Théa
- Fondation Gouault-Wendling
- Fondation Pierre Fabre
Join OPC as a foundation partner! Contact director@theopc.org to begin the conversation about how we can work together.
Corporate sponsorships
Partnership and collaboration lie at the heart of how OPC runs its programs.
A corporate partnership with OPC can add value to your company, help you fulfil your corporate social responsibility objectives and contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Your support will help us to continue ensuring the human right to sight, providing access to inclusive, comprehensive eye care services and fighting avoidable blindness in Francophone Africa.
Learn more about sponsorship opportunities and how building a corporate partnership with OPC will benefit your business by contacting director@theopc.org.
Institutional partnerships
OPC works closely with governments, NGOs, civil society organizations and other institutions in more than 10 French-speaking African countries to develop sustainable, scalable programs that address critical eye health care needs.
Funding from governments and institutions is vital for OPC to continue its mission to ensure the human right to sight, provide access to inclusive, comprehensive eye care services and fight avoidable blindness in Francophone Africa.
Global Institutional Partners:
- Brien Holden Vision Institute
- CMB
- DfID
- The END Fund
- International Coalition for
- Trachoma Control
- Light for the World
- Sightsavers
- UKAid
To learn more and to find out how to support OPC’s work, please contact director@theopc.org.
Community Groups
Together, we can ensure that Francophone Africa is not forgotten and that everyone has the right to sight.