Embrace Relief

Year-End Giving 2026

Holiday Donation
for Cataract Surgeries

A short procedure restores a person’s sight and independence.

Give the gift of sight this holiday season. Your generosity can bring life-changing vision for communities in need.

Together, before December 31, 2026

A health professional examining a patient’s eyes

Give the gift of sight.$120 can change one person’s life.

A clinician providing an eye examination

Year-End Giving Campaign 2026 · Cure Cataracts

Give the gift of sight.
Share it this holiday season.

This holiday season, give the gift of sight and sponsor a cataract surgery for a person suffering from blindness in Mali.

So far in 2026, we have provided 650 free cataract surgeries and screened 2,600 people in rural Mali (as of September 2026).

See what we can achieve together

Our year-end goal

500 More Cataract Surgeries
By December 31

Together, we are working to provide cataract surgeries to hundreds of people on the waiting list before the year ends.

500

More Surgeries

For people on the waiting list

$120

One Person’s Sight

One surgery, including screening day

Dec. 31

Give Before the Year Ends

Your generosity starts a lasting change

How You Can Help

Donate & Be a Part of This
Life-Changing Mission

A $120 donation funds one cataract surgery, including screening day. Choose how many people you want to help regain their sight and independence.

One person. One new beginning.

$120

Restore One Person’s Sight

Funds one cataract surgery, including screening day.

2 people. More possibilities.

$240

Restore Sight for 2 People

Funds 2 cataract surgeries, including screening day.

3 people. More possibilities.

$360

Restore Sight for 3 People

Funds 3 cataract surgeries, including screening day.

Every Gift Makes a Difference

Give an amount that works for you and help reach one more person.

“This project has changed their lives. I hope it continues and reaches even more families, here in Mali and elsewhere.”

— Mother of twin girl recipients

A patient receiving an eye examination at an Embrace Relief clinic

One more person. One new beginning.

End the Year
With Generosity

Imagine being unable to afford the simple eye surgery that would let you see the world again. Now, imagine how grateful you would be if someone opened their heart to you and provided the care you needed.

During Embrace Relief’s Year-End Giving 2026 campaign, you can be that someone.

As we approach the giving season around Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s, now is the time to make the biggest impact possible — and the gift of sight is perhaps the greatest gift you can give!

Be a Part of the Change We’re Making in 2026!

Your gifts are helping restore sight and independence. Together, so far in 2026, as of September:

650Free Cataract Surgeries
2,600People Screened
MaliRural Communities Reached
Read Our 2025 Mid-Year Report

Your compassion. Our commitment.

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Tax-deductible

Give by December 31, 2026. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Your year-end gift. A lasting impact.

Secure giving

Donate online, monthly, stock, or through your employer’s match.

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