Outreach for the church #Pentecost Day 1

Life is like the ocean, it can be calm and still or rough and rigid but in the end, it is always beautiful

One of the best avenues for public screening of ocular pathologies and rapid assessment of health of a community is through the religious channels or through the community heads. With the religious channels it is easier propagating the necessary information when it comes to education on health, however with communities that lack public address system it becomes quite difficult getting the message needed across.

So far we had been making arrangements with Methodist churches within communities to provide free eye care, we are extending to the other denominations so we can reach the maximum number of people, as our vision goes; eyecare everywhere is the goal. We start from Saturday for the community and end on Sunday to incorporate the church since there are members of the congregation who may not even be in the community where the church itself is situated. The Mission still goes on, visual health propagation and free health delivery for communities with emphasis on deprived ones.

The life and love we create is the life and love we live.

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 @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.

This is me @nattybongo reporting for @bettervision. Thanks for your time