Mr Scott's 10,000 for 10,000

Victoria International School of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates

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We at the Victoria International School of Sharjah are VERY excited to be launching our fundraising campaign for Australia Day which is coming up next week. Obviously, we can't do our normal Sausage Sizzle unfortunately, but as part of our celebrations this year, Mr Scott will be riding 10,000 meters up and down Jabal Jais to raise at least 10,000 dirhams for the Fred Hollows Foundation "SHE SEES" Campaign to restore sight to women and girls around the world.

Mr Scott will go up and down the mountain 7 times, each time wearing a different t-shirt representing each of the grade levels in the Secondary School. So we want the whole community to be super involved and help us to raise this money to restore sight to over 140 women and girls - or more if we can!

Every single dirham raised will go towards The Fred Hollows Foundation. So let's support Mr Scott and let's support the work of our charity partner, the Fred Hollows Foundation. 

The Fred Hollows Foundation, SHE SEES Campaign 

There is a gender gap in almost every aspect of women’s lives. Access to education, political representation, employment opportunities, wage disparity and even physical safety are areas where women across the world are frequently at a disadvantage. What is not commonly known is the gender gap that exists when it comes to sight.

55% of the world’s blind are women. In every region of the world, women are more likely to be blind or vision impaired than men.

More than 20 million women in the world are blind and a further 120 million are vision impaired. Most women who are visually impaired live in low or middle income countries. Women living in poverty are at greater risk of becoming blind and are less likely to access care. Blindness can further entrench existing gender-based inequities and reduce women’s ability to achieve financial independence.

We believe in equal right to sight . 

To help close the gender gap The Fred Hollows Foundation has launched the SHE SEES Campaign. SHE SEES is our commitment to address gender disparity in blindness as a key global health issue. SHE SEES is working to deliver of high quality programs for women around the world.

Through SHE SEES, The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to placing women and girls firmly at the centre of our programs, partnerships, and global advocacy work. We are committed to ensuring women get access to eye health services.

We want to help women like Thol (pictured above) whose whole family was transformed when she received sight-restoring cataract surgery. Thol’s children had been trying to support their mother and provide for themselves, but with her sight restored Thol was able to work to support her family and her children could go to school. This is the dramatic impact of SHE SEES for just one woman. Help us help thousands of other women see.




The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to improving access to eye health for women in 5 key ways:

1. Focused Programs: Pioneering innovative programs that bring quality eye care to tens of thousands of women.

2: Training women to become eye doctors, health workers and eye health professionals.

3. Access: Ensuring more women are having the eye surgeries by providing transport to eye health facilities to reduce barriers and out-of-pocket expenses.

4. Outreach: Our community outreach services are targeting women in remote and rural villages.

5. Mothers: Integrating eye health services in maternal and reproductive health facilities to give pregnant women and mothers access to eye health screening.






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Victoria International School of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates


Raised : 27,319.16AED
Raised 273%
Goal : 10,000.00AED

Created Jan 16, 2021

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  • Kanna almuhairi

    100AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Anonymous

    96AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Anonymous

    100AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Anonymous

    1000AED
    25-Jan-2021

    One of nature’s true gentleman... love your work Mr Scott, both on and off the field...

  • Iain Rowe

    50AED
    25-Jan-2021

    This will bring the total over 26k! Massive achievement by all ????

  • Iain Rowe

    100AED
    25-Jan-2021

    Mr Scott, a living legend brining sight to so many! It was a pleasure to ride 1 lap with you ??

  • Anonymous

    70AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Anonymous

    100AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Jared and Amanda Crawford

    300AED
    25-Jan-2021

    Amazing effort Scott (and support team) you’re a true inspiration and a great man! Well done on your huge achievement.

  • Daryn

    500AED
    25-Jan-2021

    Thanks for a great morning, afternoon and night of riding. Such an amazing experience to be part of

  • VISS Donation Boxes

    1200AED
    25-Jan-2021

    #visskidsareawesome #gomrscott

  • Farida El Shall

    200AED
    25-Jan-2021

    Dear Mr Scott, Ms Hediah & VISS Team, Thank you for giving us a chance to make a difference in the world!

  • Anonymous

    150AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Mohammed Alnaqbi

    100AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Abdalla Ghaith

    500AED
    25-Jan-2021

    God bless you Mr Scott

  • Anonymous

    1000AED
    25-Jan-2021

  • Rehamath Aslam

    48AED
    24-Jan-2021

  • sushma shishodia

    150AED
    24-Jan-2021

    God Bless

  • Sarah Breton

    100AED
    24-Jan-2021

    Dear Mr Scott, I followed your efforts all weekend and I am in awe of your resilience and perseverance. So much so that I'm donating a second time! Thank you for supporting a wonderful cause!

  • Chas Beven

    100AED
    24-Jan-2021

    Great work Mr Scott!

  • Julie Krebs

    96AED
    24-Jan-2021

    Well done, Mr. Scott! Wow!

  • Ali Al Azzawi

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Kapetanovic

    500AED
    23-Jan-2021

    So proud of Mr Scott and the whole team , and VISS

  • Anonymous

    250AED
    23-Jan-2021

    You are a superstar Scott!!!!

  • Shaha Alohali

    400AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Well done Mr Scott!!!

  • Sarah Santrampurwala

    1200AED
    23-Jan-2021

    So proud of you Scott! Amazing feat for a great cause. Congratulations!

  • Anonymous

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Seraj Farhat

    176.16AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Motivated me to get up and cycle myself!

  • Anonymous

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

    <3

  • Keenan Almaleh

    48AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Taryam Alshamsi

    500AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Let’s make a difference

  • Caitlin

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Amazing Mr Scott!!

  • Shamsa alsuwaidi

    150AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Well done mr scott!

  • Hesham Metwalli and Family

    1000AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Go Mr Scott! You make us proud :)

  • Lee

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Amazing effort Scott and support team!

  • Rawan Mohjazi

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Anonymous

    250AED
    23-Jan-2021

    If only there were more people like Mr Scott in the world, what a wonderful world it would be

  • Kris, Pame & Valentina

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Well done Mr Scott!!

  • Patrick Doherty

    250AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Absolutely Amazing Scott

  • Antonia Denman

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Deniz Rafferty

    100AED
    23-Jan-2021

  • Kaaviya Gnanam

    200AED
    23-Jan-2021

    Go action man Uncle Scotty!!!

  • Anonymous

    200AED
    22-Jan-2021

  • Majed Alohali

    100AED
    22-Jan-2021

    Great job !!!

  • Liam Coleman

    100AED
    22-Jan-2021

    You’re a legend Scotty! All in a days work! ???‍♂️?

  • Jessie Coleman

    100AED
    22-Jan-2021

    Go Mr Scott!!

  • Sarah Dehouche

    100AED
    22-Jan-2021

    Great effort, well done !!!

  • Shaykhah Alohali

    100AED
    22-Jan-2021

    Go Mr Scott !! Good luck ??

  • James

    500AED
    22-Jan-2021

    Go Scott. Hopefully you ride better than you captain cricket teams...just kidding. Great effort mate

  • Saeed Kanakh

    50AED
    22-Jan-2021