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Sir Nicholas White, a Dubai resident, has begun a self-funded charity drive from Shanghai to London to raise money and awareness for two
charities supporting sufferers of unnecessary blindness.
Having already travelled from Karachi to London by car some 38 years ago, Nick’s original idea for the charity drive came from a BBC World
programme about blindness hosted by former British Prime Minister John Major, which “struck a chord.”
The 18,000km journey will see Nick navigate more than a dozen countries full of “scenic, cultural and historical locations on a journey that allows
me to realise a life-long ambition of seeing Tibet and travelling the Silk Route,” he said.
“The added plus is that I have been able to raise funds for Obis and Sight Savers, two charities that are endeavoring to restore the sight to many
millions of people across the Third World through the Vision 2020 programme” - a world-wide initiative to eliminate unnecessary blindness
launched by The World Health Organisation and The International Agency for Prevention of Blindness in 1999.
It is estimated 1.5 million people go blind every year with 75% of new cases preventable, or treatable in the very least.
To
make a donation and / or check on Nick’s progress see: http://www.18000kmtosavesight.org
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