Sixteen-year-old Vanessa dreams of being a doctor someday. But when she started having trouble reading the blackboard at school, her grades began to suffer, and she worried she would never have the opportunity to study medicine. The Grade 11 student lives in Matero, a high-density neighbourhood in Lusaka, Zambia. Last year, her school’s health club… Continue reading Future back in focus for teen after vision restored
Category: Eyeglasses
Student thriving in school thanks to new eyeglasses
Salome grew up picking fruit and berries with her friends in the bushes near their village in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. As they picked berries they would laugh and sing songs, and on their way home they would compare their handfuls of the fruit as they snacked on their bounty. But when they entered their preteen… Continue reading Student thriving in school thanks to new eyeglasses
Restoring sight, transforming communities
For seven-year-old Misba, the Gift of Sight has meant so much more than a pair of prescription eyeglasses – it’s also been a chance to thrive at school and build connections with friends. For her parents, who live with their daughter in a small village in West Bengal, India, it’s the unmistakable way Misba’s eyes… Continue reading Restoring sight, transforming communities
Eyeglasses inspire new dreams for Ethiopian student
When Yeshiworque first started school, she was as bright and eager to learn as any kindergartener. She loved going to class, and by the end of first grade, she was among the top three students in her class. But during second grade, everything changed. That year, Yeshiworque started having trouble seeing the blackboard. She had… Continue reading Eyeglasses inspire new dreams for Ethiopian student
