Philanthropist James Chen was recently profiled on HSBC Private Banking’s website, in an interview and video which explored his work and moonshot approach to philanthropy. The profile focused on James’ ‘moonshot’ approach to philanthropy. Unlike traditional approaches, a moonshot approach requires the development of domain expertise,...
James Chen, a philanthropist committed to solving the “global epidemic” in poor vision, has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bath. The founder of charity Vision for a Nation, which has helped Rwanda to become the first low-income country to make eye-care universally...
Leaders from around the world gathered yesterday at the Science Museum for Sightgeist, a major event spotlighting the issue of the 2.5 billion people globally with uncorrected poor vision. Sightgeist showcased breakthrough tech innovations, philanthropic initiatives and global research programmes – all being applied to address the...
James Chen, founder of Clearly, took to the stage at Global Citizen Live yesterday calling on Commonwealth leaders to commit to providing good vision to the 2.5 billion people across the world who need glasses and don’t have access to them. James addressed the 3,000-strong crowd...