CHICAGO—Education in Sight is taking steps to help the over 30 million rural students in China and 3.5 million students in the U.S. suffering from uncorrected poor vision by bringing optometrists to perform eye exams in schools, providing free eyeglasses, and educating communities in proper eye-care to promote long-term change.

Since 2012, Education in Sight has visited 58 schools, performed 22,000 eye exams, and delivered 3,300 pairs of eyeglasses in China. The non-profit has set a goal of solving poor vision for every rural student (about 915,000) in Yunnan province within two years. From there the plan is to expand province by province to the rest of China. In the U.S., Education in Sight has first focused on Detroit, where the spring 2014 pilot at Henry Ford Academy elementary school screened 400 students by local optometrists.

This will expand to 10 more schools in Detroit by the end of 2014 and eventually to other high need regions across the U.S. Students will receive screenings, comprehensive exams and glasses.

To learn more about this initiative, go to A Greater Vision on VisionMonday.com and watch the video.