VIDEO: His wife is going blind, and he does the sweetest thing for her

Blindness is a horrible condition to have, that can affect the quality of life in incomprehensible ways. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2012 there were 285 million people around the world that were visually impaired. Out of these almost 300 million people, 246 million people had low vision, while 39 million were fully blind.

Statistically speaking, 90% of those that are blind live in the developed world, and worldwide for each blind person, an average of 3,4 people have low vision. The country an regional variations lead to this number oscillating between 2,4 and 5,5.

By age, it can be said that visual impairment is unevenly distributed across the age groups. While more than 82% of all blind people are aged 50 and over, childhood blindness still remains a huge problem, with around 1,4 million people aged under 15 suffering from it. Moreover, according to statistics, it seems that women generally have higher chances of becoming visually impaired than men. Regarding the geographical distribution of the blind, it seems that it is rather uneven, with around 90% of those that are blind living in the developed world.

Considering how serious this is, it is no surprise that the ones around those who are suffering from this issue are always doing their best in order to improve the lives of their loved ones. This is also the case in this emotional and heartwarming short film called ” “Blind Devotion” produced by the Jubilee Project. The film depicts a truly incredible story in which the husband shows his unconditional love for his wife and tries his best to help her as her vision slowly deteriorates more and more.

The short film begins by depicting an apparently normal happy couple who are deeply in love with each other. They play in the mornings, she cooks him breakfast and thinks that by making sure that his shirts are always a perfect colour, it is proof that he is very loved by his wife, and she always loves doing laundry for him.

However, one day she is almost run over by a car she did not see coming, so she immediately goes to a doctor to have her vision checked. She quickly learns that her vision is deteriorating due to a rare disease and that she will eventually lose her vision.

She decides to hide this from her husband at first, despite him offering his help all the time. When he realizes what is actually going on, he decides to help her, so he starts following her around town as she insists going to work on her own, just to make sure that she safely crosses the street and that she gets off the buys at the proper bus stop and makes it to her office. When she reaches her office, he leaves, knowing that his love is now in a safe environment where she cannot be harmed.

Despite the fact that he acknowledges she will never know all the things he does for her, he could not be happier or more content with all the ways he is helping her. This is such a beautiful and inspiring story.