American organizations that help people in need are now among those facing the sting of U.S. tariffs — and a non-profit that provides eye care to people in 68 countries is planning to move its production to Manitoba because of the uncertainty the tariffs have created.

The organization says in the last seven years, it has helped nearly a million people in Africa, Asia and South America with vision issues, but earlier this month, decided it would be challenging to continue to work out of the United States.

The non-profit is able to keep the prices of glasses at roughly $5 a pair by sourcing raw materials like frames and lenses from China. Once the materials reach Global Vision’s warehouse in the U.S., the organization packages and then ships the glasses to local clinics and distribution centres in countries that include Ghana, Malawi and Laos.