It Changed My Life

It Changed My Life: Why Elizabeth Tan is bringing the gift of sight to the Himalayas

The paths she took were not always by choice, says Sight to Sky founder and entrepreneur

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Elizabeth Tan helped expand her father's business, Heatwave Shoes, into a global chain with 50 stores around the world. She is also a humanitarian, who set up Sight To Sky, a charity which organises annual mobile clinics in India, Pakistan and Nepal.
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Elizabeth Tan has always been one step ahead of her peers.

As a primary school kid, she spent her after-school hours and weekends helping out at her father's shoe shop in Lucky Plaza. In her teens, she worked at various part-time jobs to earn pocket money.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 06, 2018, with the headline It Changed My Life: Why Elizabeth Tan is bringing the gift of sight to the Himalayas. Subscribe