The eye is the most amazing and complex structure in the body .The two eyes provide about half the total sensory input from the entire body into the brain. The eye is sensitive to trauma, infection or inflammation that may end up in blindness. Just as the blind spot is neglected by the brain, about 45million people in the world who are blind are largely neglected by medical science and technology, and by the caring professionals; of this 80% is preventable. The situation in Ethiopia is similar with prevalence of blindness being about 1.5% and an estimated around 1.05 million blind people. .Blindness has, directly or indirectly, social as well as economical impact. The causes are multifactorial. In order to address these multifactorial causes, all rounded and effective approach is needed.