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Empower the Blind

What We Do





$35,000.00  raised

Empower The Blind is a 501c3 non-profit that was originally created to collect funds for cataract surgeries for children in impoverished countries. I have been volunteering in this organization for last 7 years and was elected CEO in high school. This year, due to COVID, we changed our mission to collect funds for people affected by the pandemic. Mobilized a group of 10 high school students from various schools to participate. Planned, organized, and executed several fund raisers at the local Farmer’s Market, the high school Bazaar, local restaurants, and even helped film a documentary about a blind man in India. This year, we focused on fund raising using our web site, social media and corporate donors. So far, ETB has raised $5,000 under my leadership and a total of $35,000. The money was donated to Lowell General Hospital to help them with PPEs for health care workers, Feeding America that collects food donated by farmers and gets them to people who need it, and Smart Canes, that helps the visually impaired.

Why Donate

 

100% of the donations you make today will go directly to 20x20x20 hospital clinics dedicated to giving free cataract surgeries to people living in impoverished places around the world. This 15 minute eye surgery can give a child a chance to see again, which can mean the chance to go to school, get a job, and support his impoverished family. Won't you help give him or her this life-changing 15 minutes?

A donation made to Empower The Blind is:

  • Impactful: Since most impoverished families rely on their children to support them (something almost impossible if they are blind), giving a blind child his eyesight back is giving the entire family relief.
  • Resonating: Once the surgery is completed, the child has eyesight for life. A single moment bringing a lifetime for change.
  • Meaningful: With eyesight the child has a better shot at life, to come out of poverty and make a difference just as volunteers from EmpowertheBlind have strived to do.

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Where We Work
In 40 of the Poorest Countries

Our Team

Who We Are

Though still in high school, our team includes a vast array of highly skilled and dedicated volunteers who are always working hard to make a difference. Starting with just one volunteer trying to make a difference, Empower the Blind has grown to over 20 volunteers, some of which have gone above and beyond starting branches all over the world in places like India.

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