Vision problems and blindness in children are urgent matters. Without focused vision, a child's sight will not develop properly.
In eastern Africa, there is a huge need for infant and children's eyeglass frames. Although adult frames can be purchased, children's glasses and especially infant frames are simply aren't available at any cost.
Thanks to generous donors, Seva Canada has shipped thousands of children's eyeglasses, children's sunglasses and low vision devices to Tanzania, where our partner, the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, distributes the frames and low vision devices to children's eye care programs throughout Tanzania and to other countries in eastern Africa such as Malawi and Madagascar. Other donors, such as ICROSS CANADA, have purchased special pediatric intraocular lenses (IOLs) that are used to replace the eye's natural lens during cataract surgery for children and infants.
This video is a thank you to the generous donors of children's eyeglasses. We hope that it will help give a picture of the impact of these glasses on the lives of children, their families and their communities.
Our heartfelt thanks to these donors for giving sight and changing lives of children in eastern Africa:
Peter Ash and Under the Same Sun Foundation
Michael Bohbot of Bo Optik Inc.
Bo-Optik Inc.
Guy Boucher of OGI Canada Inc.
Noel Brown of Roberts & Brown Opticians
Centennial Optical
Children’s Low Vision Project of BC
Jamila Freedman
Granville EYELAND
ICROSS CANADA
IVKO
Raimonda Kelly of Perfect Optical (Canada)
KLM Cargo
Lynn Langille of the Children’s Low Vision Project of BC
Pascal Leutwyler of World Wide Animal Travel
Bruno Mansueto of World Wide Animal Travel
Sara Moshurchak, owner of Granville EYELAND
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Dick Murao of KLM Cargo
OGI Canada Inc.
Perfect Optical (Canada) Ltd.
Roberts & Brown Opticians
Klaus Sebok, former owner of Granville EYELAND
Billy Willbond of ICROSS CANADA
World Wide Animal Travel
To learn more about how you can help restore sight and prevent blindness in eastern Africa, visit Seva Canada's website at http://www.seva.ca/sevaintanzania.htm
Thank you to Seva volunteer John Hemmings for help creating this video.