#TOGETHERBAND, a campaign that promotes the UN’s Global Goals, has unveiled a new range of sunglasses, with £1 from every purchase donated to Sightsavers.
The sunglasses use recycled plastic sourced from CDs and electrical appliance cases. There are three styles: Ale, a classic round-framed design; Kai, a 90s throwback style with rectangular lenses; and Rae, which is based on Ray-Ban’s Wayfarer style. All offer full category 1 UV protection, and can be fully recycled once they reach the end of their life.
The initiative, launched by British sustainable fashion brand BOTTLETOP, raises funds for life-changing projects and promotes the UN’s Global Goals. These 17 goals aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone by 2030.
To promote the goals, #TOGETHERBAND produces a set of ethically made and sustainably sourced friendship bands, each in a different colour to represent each of the 17 goals. Ambassadors for the initiative include David Beckham, Naomi Campbell, Halima Aden, Lewis Hamilton and Jameela Jamil.
The sunglasses are £40 each and are available from #TOGETHERBAND’s Regent Street store in London, and online at www.togetherband.org.
The money raised will fund Sightsavers’ work to prevent and treat river blindness, with a £1 donation providing medication to protect 25 people against the disease.
Dr Jalikatu Mustapha trained with Sightsavers between 2012 and 2016, becoming the only female ophthalmologist in the country.
Sightsavers’ education, research and policy teams will join the global education community at the UKFIET international education conference on 12-14 September in Oxford, UK.
Sightsavers began working in Bangladesh in 1973 to diagnose and treat people for cataracts, which is one of the most common eye conditions in the country.