We want to create a community that is free from preventable blindness
About Us
The R.E.T.I.N.A is an acronym for Restoration of Eyecare Through Innovation and Awareness. It is a youth-led non-profit organization committed to promoting primary eye care services through research, advocacy campaigns, outreach programmes, trainings and sustainable eye care innovations that challenges systemic barriers to preventable blindness in underserved African communities.

Better Vision.
Better Lives
Impact

11
projects

4621
beneficiaries

15
communities
Our Objectives
- To promote and increase public awareness about preventable blindness and eye healthcare.
- To train young people about basic first aid skills in responding to emergency eye injuries.
- To provide comprehensive vision care services to under-served communities in order to bring about the eradication and control of preventable blindness and visual impairment
- To periodically (monthly basis) encourage people about the importance of good eye health towards the actualization of sustainable development goals
- To participate and carryout epidemiological research on issues that affect communities related primary eye healthcare in order to provide evidence-based interventions.
- To provide innovative solutions that promotes good eye health and is generally acceptable.
- To increase advocacy about issues that affect people in areas of primary eye care.
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(Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator)
(Branding and Design Coordinator II)
(Curriculum and Content Developer)
(Ast. Project Manager II)
(Media and Communications)
(Curriculum and Content Developer)
(Branding and Design Coordinator I)
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Tel: +234-8090622572, +234-7089053351, +234-9134465257
Email: info@theretinainitiative.org
Address: University of Benin Ugbowo, 300213, Benin City
Email: info@theretinainitiative.org
Address: University of Benin Ugbowo, 300213, Benin City
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WORLD SIGHT DAY 2022: PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS AND THE NEED FOR EYE HEALTH ADVOCACY IN AFRICA
“Preventable Blindness’’ means vision loss from circumstances within our control. Globally, the causes of preventable blindness vary between countries depending on accessibility, affordability and acceptability of quality eye care services.