We don't ask you to give to an idea. Each story below ends with the exact thing that student — and students in the same situation — is waiting for. Some names and identifying details are changed to protect our students; the circumstances are not softened.
Hana's sight began fading when she was six. Nobody called it blindness for a long time — she was called slow, then lazy, then quiet.
What's needed: Slates, styluses, and braille paper for the three blind students at her school — and the training for one of their teachers.
Liya's mother knew something was wrong before anyone else believed her. Her daughter held toys against her nose. She reached for faces and missed.
What's needed: The First Frames program pays for exams, first prescriptions, and the replacements every growing child inevitably needs.
At the first school screening we ran, teachers gave us a list of the students they were worried about — the ones failing, the ones who had stopped trying.
What's needed: Your gift pays for trained screeners, equipment, and the follow-up referrals that turn a diagnosis into help.
A gift to the general fund lets us move money to whichever student, school, or screening day needs it that week. It is the least glamorous way to give and often the most useful one.
