The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has been recognised with two international awards: Association of the Year; and Best Campaign of the Year for its Love Your Eyes Campaign.
The awards were announced on 31 March by the Association of Associations Executives at their annual International and European Association Awards ceremony.
Association of the Year
On winning Association of the Year, the judges recognised IAPB as “A wonderful example of how a cause can be advocated at a very high level yet translated and implemented very locally. Very nicely thought-through, planned, and eventually executed with tangible results.”
Peter Holland, Chief Executive of IAPB said “We are delighted and proud to win this award, which belongs to all our members around the world. We are a growing organisation with over 200 members working together for a world where eye health is accessible, available, and affordable to everyone.
“In recent years, together with our members, we have achieved the first ever UN Resolution on Vision, worked with the WHO on global targets for cataract and refractive error, achieved a landmark commitment from Commonwealth Governments on School Eye health and have launched our Love Your Eyes campaign. It is a great honour to be recognised at the International & European Association Awards,” Mr Holland concluded.
the judges recognised IAPB as “A wonderful example of how a cause can be advocated at a very high level yet translated and implemented very locally
Love Your Eyes
IAPB also won Best Campaign of the Year at the same awards ceremony for its Love Your Eyes campaign. The judges said the campaign was a “visually very attractive, well thought out campaign that has grown exponentially and still has potential left to grow further”.
Simon Darvill, Director of Communications, Campaigns and Events at IAPB said “Together with our members we have built an award-winning campaign, with the simple message to Love Your Eyes. To achieve a world where no-one experiences unnecessary or preventable sight loss, and everyone can achieve their full potential, our Love Your Eyes campaign is calling on governments and businesses to make eye health accessible, available, and affordable for everyone by 2030. The high point of the campaign each year is World Sight Day, which this year is on the 13th of October, we look forward to more people around the world getting involved in the campaigning and working together to raise the issue of eye health up the global agenda.”
