When we contemplated doing the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge we recognised that it was a massive opportunity to raise money for a worthy cause, and none better we felt than The Fred Hollows Foundation.
 
The Fred Hollows Foundation is inspired by the work of the late Professor Fred Hollows (1929-1993).  Fred was an eye doctor, a skilled surgeon of international renown and a social justice activist who championed the right of all people to high quality and affordable eye care and to good health.

The Foundation was established in Sydney on 3 September 1992, just five months before Fred passed away, with the aim to continue his work. In Australia, The Foundation is committed to roles as both partner and advocate of effective health programs for Indigenous Australians.

Fred was committed to both improving the health of Indigenous Australians and to reducing the cost of eye health care and treatment in developing countries.  He had already started project work in Eritrea, Vietnam and Indigenous Australia.

Since those early days, The Foundation has gone on to work with countries throughout Africa, Asia (South and South East) and Australia focusing on blindness prevention and Australian Indigenous health.
The Foundation strives to achieve four key goals:

• Ending avoidable blindness in the communities and countries where we work.
• Improving the life chances and choices of Indigenous Australians through improving their health.
• Working through strong partnerships and cross-sector collaborations - at local, national and global levels.
• Building a strong and dynamic organisation, capable of facilitating effective eye and Indigenous health programs and having a positive impact on public opinion, policies and practices.

Through reducing the cost of cataract operations to as little as $25 in some developing countries, The Foundation has helped to restore the sight of more than 1,000,000 people worldwide.
The Foundation also works internationally on comprehensive quality eye care, with a focus on cataract, working with blindness prevention organisations in over 19 countries throughout Africa and Asia:

• To develop or strengthen the local health infrastructure, and
• To seek sustainable solutions to issues of inequitable access to health programs and affordability of services.

Through skills training programs and the development of new technologies, The Foundation has helped to restore the sight of more than 1,000,000 people worldwide.

Expenses to conduct this fundraising may be deducted from the funds raised in accordance with The Fred Hollows Foundation’s fundraising guidelines.