naut Foundation
3.5 billion people/workers / everyday heroes around the world need protective eyewear but don’t have access to them; of these, 220 million people are in India and do not have access to protective eyewear.
To help address this problem, we work with a handful of partners in India to ensure that for every pair of NAUT sunglasses purchased, a pair of glasses is distributed to someone in need. There are two models we employ:
1) Empowering people to administer basic eye exams and sell sunglasses at ultra-affordable prices. (This accounts for the majority of our distribution, currently in Mumbai only, we are building up our network in other states of India and hope to have a pan India coverage soon)
2) Directly giving vision care and glasses to those in need, via cross-sector partnerships - focussed on gig economy workers, cab drivers and truck drivers. ( We would love to increase this stream to include everyone who is at risk and our building-up processes to include these everyday heroes).