No one deserves to be left behind.
OPC develops programs in collaboration with partner countries and their ministries of health. OPC fights blindness and empowers underserved communities.
OPC develops programs in collaboration with partner countries and their ministries of health. OPC fights blindness and empowers underserved communities.
At OPC, we chose to be a “glass house” to explain where every dollar goes. We owe it to our donors and partners to keep their trust and support.
As an organization headquartered in France, OPC abides to the controls imposed by the law:
Additionally, in 2016, OPC obtained the IDEAS label, which is awarded by an independent committee put together by the Institute for the Development of Ethics and Actions for Solidarity. This label recognizes the quality of governance, financial management and the monitoring of the implemented programs. It is a vector of trust for donors and patrons.
OPC welcomes the scrutiny of its work and financial management.
People of all genders, colors and faiths, everywhere around the globe, are equal in rights and duties. The most neglected communities deserve quality health services provided by well-trained health professionals and at an affordable cost.
OPC is structured to ensure that all donated funds are used efficiently to help even more people. All donations fund short-term and long-term program expenses, which represent 92% of annual budget.
Always offering the best, while abiding to the most rigorous standards, especially to the most vulnerable. OPC prides itself on its longstanding record of effective programs with excellent follow-up.
OPC works to make sure that all field actions aim at quality sustainable care.
With determination, OPC commits to the common good of all the people especially the most neglected and the neediest.
Fiscal responsibility and transparency are important to OPC. Audited every year by an independent and world recognized agency, with accounting supervised by an independent accounting firm, OPC makes sure that funds are used appropriately and according to standards.
OPC is created by a group of ophthalmologists and a banker
The OPC is under the high patronage of the President of the Republic
The OPC implements the first comprehensive eye care program “Yeleen” in Mali
Initiation of the first French national vision screening in the context of road safety, for which the OPC is recognized as a public service organization (200 out of 10K)
The OPC starts a mass drug distribution campaign to fight onchocerciasis in West Africa, in which an average of 3 million people were treated annually
The OPC opens its first regional office in Bamako, Mali
The OPC runs its first childhood blindness program in Vietnam, starts a first comprehensive eye care program in Moldova and include the Republic of Congo in its onchocerciasis program
The OPC establishes a formal working relationship with the World Health Organization
In France, the OPC initiates the first low vision screening program and organizes its first partners forum as part of the French Society of Ophthalmology Congress annually held in May
Creation of an eye health support network (RESO) joined by more than 600 members from France and Africa with a focus on training and continued education
The OPC regional office in Bamako receives the Mectizan Donation Program Award for its role in the fight against onchocerciasis in West Africa; first integration of primary eye care in onchocerciasis endemic areas than expanded ultimately to non-endemic areas
The OPC, in collaboration with another French NGO, initiates the first French national public health screening program for diabetic retinopathy, which is still in effect as up today
The OPC extends its comprehensive eye care programs in Niger and Guinea
Starts of the national Chad trachoma elimination program in Mongo health district, Guera region and initiation of Cameroon’s first comprehensive eye care program
The formal working relationship with the WHO is renewed for the fifth time and OPC starts its fundraising operations in the USA
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