Ghana – School Eye Health

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Giving Tuesday 2024 Date Dec 3

Thanks To Special Donors
We Matched A Total Of $20,000
Worth Of Donations on Giving Tuesday!

(Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024)

Many children’s eye conditions go undiagnosed, leading to lifelong vision loss, which negatively impacts all aspects of life – from the classroom, to the playground, to home

Operation Eyesight, in collaboration with local partners, is expanding our School Eye Health Program to reach more students in Ghana’s Shai Osu Doku District. We aim to train School-based Health Coordinators and Community Health Nurses to provide eye screenings and treatment for over 23,000 students.

To make this vision a reality, we need to raise approximately $110,000. Your support can help us make a significant, lasting impact. Donate today to protect the vision and future of children in Ghana!👓

Our School Eye Health Program focuses on five key areas:

𝟏. Training School-based Health Coordinators and Community Health Nurses, with the knowledge and skills to conduct visual acuity checks and refer children for care

𝟸. Strengthening the eye health services available at the district hospital, with a focus on child eye health

𝟑. Increasing eye health awareness and educating students (and their teachers and parents) on the importance of healthy vision

𝟒. Screening students and ensuring access to eye care they need – whether that means a free pair of eyeglasses or a referral to the district hospital for surgery or other treatment

𝟓. Partnerships and collaboration with Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service, which helps ensure sustainability of eye care services

Eye Health Stories in Ghana

Ghana: 2015 highlights

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Last week we highlighted our work in India. This week, we’re excited to tell you about the great work our donors made possible in Ghana in 2015. For more 2015…

Building eye health awareness in Ghana

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Like many developing countries, Ghana faces inadequate access to eye health services, which is why we’ve been working there since 2006. Our Ghana team knows that many people are fearful…

Improved vision increases a teen’s independence

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It can be tough being a teenager at the best of times, but life is even more challenging when you cannot see properly! Seventeen-year-old Lydia Kombortaa lives in Ghana, and…

A safer and more promising future

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How would you to like to work with corrosive chemicals if your vision was impaired? Like Janet Williams, some people make their living that way. Janet lives in the town…

A return to vision

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What if you were told by a respected family friend that wearing eyeglasses would cause your child to go blind? Imagine your shock and fear! That was the situation faced…

No more failing eyesight or failing grades

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Fourteen-year-old Grace Asempah and her mother, Mercy, live in the small town of Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. Grace attends St. Mary’s School in the same town. Grace…