Childhood blindness
A child in Kenya gets a vitamin A pill.
© Adrian Arbib/Sightsavers
Children can become blind for different reasons. Sometimes children can get cataracts and have operations to get their sight back. Sometimes children can become blind because their diet is not good enough and does not contain enough vitamins. If children don’t have enough Vitamin A their sight can be affected and some children may become blind.
Sightsavers works with local people to make sure that families know how important it is to eat different foodstuffs and we can also give people Vitamin A pills to make sure their eyes stay healthy.
