A Million Miracles
We deliberately have very few partners. This is because when we work with an organisation, we go very deep, and we throw the full power of Misfit behind it. When we meet someone who is trying to change the world, who has an arsenal of talented people standing with them and we feel that synergy with the project, we jump in with both feet.
One of our partners in 2014/2015 is Sightsavers – an international organization working in 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and supporting those with visual impairments to live more independently.
This month, we designed, developed and launched a website for Sightsavers’ Million Miracles campaign – a three-year initiative that will bring life-altering cataract surgeries to one million adults and children living with preventable blindness. That is one million people who will be given the gift of sight with this campaign.
The campaign kicked off with a live broadcast of a cataract surgery in Malawi which showed first-hand the incredibly important work that Sightsavers supports. Some of the Misfit team will be heading out to India to train staff on the ground in the art of digital storytelling at the beginning of next year.
If you missed the live broadcast from Malawi, we encourage you to watch a man named Winesi joyfully celebrate the moment after his bandages were removed and he could see again.
Now, if you can skip a few lattes this month, please consider donating a miracle. $50 can literally make a blind person see again.
~ Dane Johnson, Wordsmith based in Misfit's Californian summer house.
