Fundraising
Seeing is Believing (SiB) is a major global public-private initiative to help tackle avoidable blindness and is a collaboration between Standard Chartered and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) (registered charity, No. 1100559) along with its membership body of leading eye-care NGOs.
Seeing is Believing has raised over US$17 million and impacted over 8 million people to date, including over 2.5 million who have benefited from sight restorations. The programme’s latest commitment will invest a further US$20 million by 2014 to provide comprehensive and sustainable eye care services to 20 million people in impoverished urban areas.
As part of the Standard Chartered’s commitment to the race, the Bank has pledged to match all funds raised in conjunction with the event and therefore double the impact!
As a thank you to runners raising additional funds for Seeing is Believing through sponsorship, Standard Chartered Bank will be giving the highest Seeing is Believing fundraiser a once in a lifetime trip to Tanzania to experience the charity’s project work first-hand! What’s more, 5 runners-up will also each receive a Flip Video Ultra Camcorder™. In order to be eligible for the prize, all fundraising must be received by 8 August.
View a video of last year's highest fundraiser and his team talking about Seeing is Believing and the race.
Use your place in The Standard Chartered Great City Race to fundraise for Seeing is Believing.
For more information, visit www.seeingisbelieving.org.uk
Key Facts on Blindness:
There are 45 million blind people in the world.
There are 314 million people who are seriously visually impaired.
80% of blindness is avoidable (preventable or treatable).
A person goes blind every five seconds.
A child goes blind every minute.
60% of children die within one year of going blind.
90% of avoidable blindness occurs in the developing world.
Two thirds of the world’s blind are women – with serious implications for childcare.
Without effective, major intervention, the number of blind people worldwide has been projected to increase to 76 million by 2020.
