World Sight Day 2024- Children and their eyes

World Sight Day on Thursday October 10, 2024 focuses the world’s attention on the importance of eye care in young people and inspiring children everywhere to love their eyes.

The aim of this globally eye health focused campaign is to shine the spotlight on a particular area of interest of eye care and health.  This year with the focus on children, it gives parents the perfect opportunity to get involved in the movement.

The campaign ensures that children not only understand the importance of caring for their eye health but are also free from the weight of any social stigma associated with wearing glasses and other corrective treatments.

How can you as parents get involved at home?

You can use this opportunity to talk about the current issues, helping you child to develop a good understanding of the talking points around the topic can help to strengthen their knowledge and practise self advocacy skills.

So what are the issues?

• 450 million children have a sight condition the requires treatment, with many unable to access affordable, available eye care.

• Children in low-and-middle income countries with vision loss are 2-5x less likely to be in school.

• Every day, young people miss out on learning and social opportunities because of a vision issue that could be treated, corrected and often cured.

Help your child to become a campaigner!

If your child has an interest in the topic and wishes to use their new found knowledge to educate those around them about the issues, then the World Sight Day website has a huge amount of resources that they can access to support their campaigning work.  To access these please click here!

Resources to support their learning- straight to your inbox!

Make learning about eye health fun and engaging for kids! The World Sight Day website offers free activity pages feature eye-themed mazes, colouring sheets, word searches, and fun facts to keep children entertained while they learn. Also offering educational guides for parents and carers to help you support children’s eye health. To access these click here!