1 Year Anniversary

“The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”, and “The start of something new is always the hardest”; however, with dedication and diligence everything is possible and with God victory is assured.

Today marks the one year anniversary for @bettervision on the blockchain, hurray, it has been an interesting journey full of learning, enlightening others, giving back to the society and personal growths for all members of the team. To our supporters and backers we say “Ayekoo”, thank you and may the good Lord richly bless you for helping us come this far. To @fundition you have been of immense support in our enrolling on the blockchain and for that we will forever be grateful. @pennsif, our mentor and overseer, he kept us on our toes and pushed us to reach zeniths, we are grateful for your support even with @adollaraday. We say a big thank you. @nanzo-scoop, you support us daily even aside our project and we are truly grateful for that. Not forgetting @surfoyogi, @bleepcoin, @wafrica, @mcsamm and @steemitashanti, without you all we would be where we are today. We say God Bless you for your love, guidance and help.

History
About a year ago @steemitashanti had a steemit meetup on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and during the time of the meetup they promoted steem to the students of the university with aim of bringing them onboard to join the blockchain and help in its development. Meanwhile, @bettervision had been formed 2 years ago since then by @nattybongo and his friends offering the Doctor of Optometry program on campus. During this steem-promo week the founder of @bettervision, @nattybongo came to know about steem through @kwadjobonsu, @mcsamm and @anaman with their help secure an account on the blockchain which he began to contribute through scientific post most especially those related to ocular health, devotional posts and music videos. About 6 months down the line @bettervision was born on the blockchain through @fundition with the help of @mimie and @pennsif and since then the group has grown bigger and has been able to do more than it was doing to help the community and to reach its goals.

Achievements
Since its enrollment on the blockchain @bettervision has embarked on more than 15 outreaches to remote areas that otherwise have no access to healthcare. We have been able to purchase 2 ophthalmoscopes which are used during health outreaches programs and a trial lens set. We have also gotten more students joining us to push the agenda and have been able to help fund outreaches with the help of passive earnings from the blockchain.

Present and Future
There is more to be done and more to be achieved, there is the need to reach out to more people and organize more outreaches to help deprived communities. There is the need to procure more instruments to make embarking on help campaigns easier. We need more help, supporters and backers. Help may be in the form of ophthalmic instruments or any that supporters may deem necessary that will help push the course. We would be grateful. We also intend to increase the rate of scientific posts on the blockchain to help enlighten more people and also reach out to people personally on discord that they we may be able to render our services. We also want to start a new project where mobile apps will be used to request for visual health services from @bettervision, we get to come to you instead of travelling to the eye clinic.

Conclusion
Without steemians we could not have done this and wouldn’t be where we are today. Steem is here for all and it is incumbent on us as health enthusiasts and individuals who wish for a better future tomorrow for the youth of today to do our very best to help our community grow bigger and better to serve the purpose. We admonish all and sundry to do the very best they can to ensure a better tomorrow for all. Your Vision is our Priority, Your Health is your wealth. Live a good life and always remember that every life matters.