Outreach at Koforidua, Eastern Region

Ocular health propagation and disease awareness creation is something that ought to be done all the time and not just limited to holidays, festive season and special occasions irrespective of that these occasions help facilitate the process and enable us to reach a greater population within a short time thus cutting a greater portion of the workload. This is possible because within those special occasion people are hardly very busy because of which getting them to be present in an outreach setting or an educative gathering a whole lot easier for both parties than any other ordinary day.

This is another outreach that the festive season of Christmas and New Year enabled it to come off. It was conducted in Koforidua a city in the Eastern region in a town called Koforidua Zongo. Is more of a rural setting with some lacking health facilities and amenities, thus it was a great opportunity for both health workers and the rown populace to get involved a in health outreach program.

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 @adollaraday @pennsif @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza @indigoocean @kasho @demotruk @steem-ambassador @nanzo-scoop and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.