No an eye camp isn't a new ap for your i phone but a very awesome optical care programme organized by a group of top Aussies. Due to the poor state of healthcare in Nepal many easily preventable diseases and health problems are rampant with many people unable to find care. The aim of these mobile eye camps is to take a crack team of optical experts and take them to remote areas of Nepal where people have no other access to eye care, providing life changing care.
The group come from all walks of life but are a top bunch who all give up their time to fly halfway round the world and help people (and stimulate the local economy with copious purchases of beer)
During the 8 days of camp we managed to screen nearly 6500 people and to provide glasses to nearly 60%. It is an amazing feeling to put a pair of very strong glasses onto someone who thinks they will never see clearly again and watch their face light up as their vision returns.
The group come from all walks of life but are a top bunch who all give up their time to fly halfway round the world and help people (and stimulate the local economy with copious purchases of beer)
During the 8 days of camp we managed to screen nearly 6500 people and to provide glasses to nearly 60%. It is an amazing feeling to put a pair of very strong glasses onto someone who thinks they will never see clearly again and watch their face light up as their vision returns.
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