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L’OCCITANE has been caring for sight for more than 20 years, supporting projects and initiatives to combat avoidable blindness. In 2015, the brand and its Foundation set the goal of reaching 10 million beneficiaries of eye care by 2020. We are proud to announce that we have exceeded our goal as today, we can count more than 11 million beneficiaries of eye care!

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To go further in their actions, L’OCCITANE and its Foundation set a new ambitious goal:  to reach 15 million eye care beneficiaries worldwide by 2025.

Context

There are currently 1,1 billion people in the world who are blind or visually impaired and at least 1 billion more need on-going access to eye care services. However, 90% of vision loss cases are preventable.

According to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, 90% of those with a visual impairment live in low- and middle-income countries. This is due to these countries having limited access to high-quality eye care services.

In 2050, vision loss is likely to affect 1.7 billion and more than half the global population will certainly need regular access to eye care services to optimize their vision.

More information on the IAPB website

L'OCCITANE's Commitment

Given this situation, and to align with L’OCCITANE’s commitment for sight, since its creation in 2006 the Foundation supports international NGOs' actions combatting avoidable blindness. Projects funded contribute to providing high-quality eye care services.  

A major international partner

In 2017, L’OCCITANE and its Foundation embarked on a major international partnership with UNICEF. This three-year partnership guaranted a minimum of one million euros a year and has improved the prevention of childhood blindness of more than 4 million children in Bolivia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea by developing vitamin A supplementation programmes: an essential vitamin for children’s immune systems. In 2020, L'OCCITANE and its Foundation renewed this partnership with UNICEF for another three years and extended it across the world to improve the prevention of childhood blindness of more than 3 million new children.

The Foundation's partners in Burkina Faso

For several years, the Foundation has also supported the work combatting avoidable blindness undertaken by the NGOs Light for the World and Sightsavers in Burkina Faso. This includes training ophthalmologists and medical staff, improving access to high-quality eye care services in rural areas, and helping eradicate two diseases in the Cascades region.

L'OCCITANE subsidiaries' local partners

Company subsidiaries also play a crucial role in achieving this goal. Every year, they are involved in over thirty projects in partnership with charities in the countries where they are based. These projects combatting avoidable blindness are jointly funded by the subsidiaries and the L’OCCITANE Foundation.

Solidarity products

Finally, to involve consumers in its charitable activity, L’OCCITANE en Provence has brought out a charity product every year since 2000, with profits* going towards combatting avoidable blindness. Over 620,050 euros were raised through sales of 2019 and 2020’s charity soap.

*In-store retail price, excluding taxes and the costs of transportation and production 

Call for Projects 

The L’OCCITANE Foundation launches a call for projects to fight avoidable blindness and encourages L’OCCITANE’s offices worldwide to participate by identifying and supporting local organizations with eye care projects. These projects are co-financed by L’OCCITANE’s local offices and by the foundation.

The 2021-2022 call for projects is open!

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Supported Projects

Action projects

  • 2017-2018
  • 2018-2019
  • 2019-2020
  • 2020-2021
Caring for Sight

Childhood blindness prevention

UNICEF International

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Caring for Sight

Eyecare development in Burkina Faso

Light for the World Burkina Faso

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Caring for Sight

Raising awareness of vision health in Canada

Fighting Blindness Canada Canada

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Caring for Sight

Improving access to eye care services for rural communities in China

Orbis International China

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Caring for Sight

Preventing eye disease in Malawian schools

Heart to Heart International Malawi

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Caring for Sight

Prevention of eye diseases in schools in Indonesia

Helen Keller International Indonesia

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Caring for Sight

Improving access to eye-health care in Ethiopia

CBM Ethiopia

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Caring for Sight

Training Papua New Guinea health workers in eye health

Kokoda Track Foundation Papua New Guinea

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Caring for Sight

Improving access to eye care services in rural Indian areas

CBM India

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Caring for Sight

Preventing blindness in Guatemala

Visualiza Guatemala

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Caring for Sight

Organisation of the annual conference about the cornea

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine's Ophthalmology Department Japan

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Providing spectacles for homeless and poor people

Mehrblick - Brillen für Obdachlose und Bedürftige gUG Germany

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Empowering Women

The L’OCCITANE Foundation supports projects in the fields of literacy, social microfinance, professional training, and girls’ education promotion to contribute to women’s emancipation in Burkina Faso.
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Respecting Biodiversity

To protect the natural environment it holds so dear, the L’OCCITANE Foundation supports local natural heritage conservation projects in Provence and the Mediterranean, as well as international biodiversity protection programmes.
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