Restore Sight by Air

Imagine knowing that a simple 15-minute operation could restore your sight — but having no realistic way to access the specialist care you need. living with blindness when the treatment already exists.

For nearly 1,000 people waiting for cataract surgery in the Kalahari Desert, this is their reality.

Patients often wait months, sometimes years, for cataract surgery. As their eyesight deteriorates, many lose their independence, their livelihoods and the ability to care for their families. Without treatment, many will remain needlessly blind.

The surgeons are ready. The hospital is ready. The patients are waiting.

Aviation is what connects them.

Aviation for Good is partnering with Mercy Air South Africa, our trusted aviation delivery partner, to enable humanitarian flights that transport volunteer eye surgeons and nurses toUpington in the Northern Cape.

Once there, they establish a temporary eye theatre and perform life-changing cataract surgery for patients who would otherwise have little or no access to specialist care. The teamtypically treats between 80 and 100 patients during one week.

With aviation, a 15-minute operation can reverse that loss almost immediately — restoring not only sight, but independence, dignity and the opportunity to participate fully in family and community life again.

We're raising £16,000* to fund two one-week clinics helping bring specialist medical care to patients who might otherwise remain beyond its reach.

By supporting this campaign, you're helping turn isolation into access and blindness into sight — bridging the gap between isolation and opportunity.

^{*If we raise more than is needed for this year's flights, additional funds will be carried forward to support future cataract outreach flights, helping provide a stable response to this growing need.}

Target Amount

Support one life-changing mission

Target Amount

£8,000

£80 — funds one cataract surgery
£800 — funds sight-restoring surgery for 10 people
£8,000 — funds 100 cataract surgeries during one outreach

£8,000

Funds one complete outreach flight, enabling volunteer surgeons and nurses to restore sight to around 100 patients

£80 — funds one cataract surgery
£800 — funds sight-restoring surgery for 10 people
£8,000 — funds 100 cataract surgeries during one outreach

Fund both outreaches:

£16,000

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