Outreach at Saviour Community School, Kumasi
Children are the future generation, they are our heritage, they will be the nation builders and as such we ought to ensure they get the best out of everything including their vision.
We paid a visit to Savior Community School in light of ensuring optimal vision among school children, the purpose was to quickly screen for refractive errors which happen to be very common among school age children especially in kindergarten, primary and junior high school pupils. Due to their ability to accommodate most these students are able to compensate for their hyperopia and end up with headaches which they may not be able to attribute to their ocular health.
As to be expected lots of hyperopic conditions were manifest among the students with a lesser number of them being myopic, we hardly came across a pathologic condition except for one boy who had congenital cataract in the left eye and was an having intraocular lens replacement. It was an exciting event and the kids were very much excited to have us around and to try on new lenses that improved their vision and ease their asthenopia.
Pupils who had to only sit in front of the class to enable them see the blackboard were happy to be able to read from afar whereas pupils who could not read for a long time because of increase accommodation due to hyperopia were happy to have the chance to stay glued to their colorful books for a long time.
In all it was a great day and a wonderful experience, reception from staff too was great.
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What is @bettervision about?
@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.
To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.
To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks
To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.
To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.
Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.
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