Levi Strauss Foundation, VF Corporation, Warby Parker and Deckers Brands work with social enterprise VisionSpring and USAID. 188,000 apparel and footwear factory workers have vision corrected with ...

VisionSpring: The World Health Organization says that at least 2.2 billion across the world suffer from either distance or near vision impairment, creating effectively creating a huge global financial ...

Ella Gudwin, SAIS '04 (MA), is the CEO of VisionSpring, a company that sells affordable eyewear. But her career as a social entrepreneur has taken many turns. Before joining VisionSpring, she was the ...

Market open and close ceremonies take place daily at the Nasdaq MarketSite Studio in Times Square and around the globe. VisionSpring, a global social enterprise that accelerates the use of eyeglasses ...

The development sector—whose traditional ways of working are increasingly challenged by global crisis, conflict, and climate change threats that disproportionately impact the poor, women, and ...

A veteran of years in international development, academia and the nonprofit sector, Ella Gudwin joined VisionSpring in 2015 as president and became CEO in 2019. Her enthusiasm for the 20-year-old ...

A talk with Dr. Jordan Kassalow about the field of social enterprise—how far it has come, where it’s gone astray, and where it’s headed. Earlier this month, the Schwab Foundation announced its 2012 ...

'Imagine your company with no glasses. Now imagine India where the majority of people don't have glasses.' Eyes are an important organ for humans. Although it is hard to imagine a single second ...

VisionSpring Foundation has recently begun its collaboration with The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) under its ongoing ‘Livelihoods in Focus’ outreach programme. The ...

There are innumerable moments when we feel strongly about something. Most of these moments fade away in our memories after a couple of days. Only a few powerful ones stay with us and those are the ...