SHADES OF LOVE

THE HIGH-ALTITUDE EYECARE PROJECT

SHADES OF LOVE collects sunglasses worldwide and distributes them in remote high-altitude regions.

In remote mountainous areas like in the Himalayas and Andes, up to 80% of the population suffers from eye diseases, blindness, or ocular cancer.

Locals are exposed to harmful UV rays all year and oftentimes fall victim to eye diseases before the age of 30 years. It is estimated that in total there are 80 million people living in high-altitude areas and in need of eye care.

The altitude, climatic conditions and lack of eye protection are the cause of high rates of ocular diseases and blindness. At the same time, many locals have no access to eye care.

Since 2009, SHADES OF LOVE has distributed hundreds of thousands of sunglasses in the most remote high-altitude regions all over the world. We started in the Ladakh district in India and have expanded our operations to Nepal, Peru, Bolivia, Pakistan and Chile.

SHADES OF LOVE also co-organises eye education camps that explain the risk of UV radiation and eye care to affected communities and mobile eye clinics to provide surgery to those in need.