The Challenge

• 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision.
• About 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in low-income settings.
• Less than half of visually impaired children are receiving education.
• The girl child with visual impairment receives less attention and is doubly discriminated against.
• Almost none of the growing number of visually impaired children with additional disabilities receives any educational services.