As Guyana joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Sight Day, children from Bless the Children Home were recipients of free spectacles, complements of Optique Vision Care.
Optique has, over the past month, provided screening for the children by a paediatric optometrist at the orphanage. An assessment was made after the screening, and it was determined that twelve of the children were in need of spectacles. Some of the cases were hyperopic and myopic, which basically means near- and far-sighted.
A staff of Optique Vision fits this little girl with a brand new pair of spectacles
Optique’s Manager Neon Barry noted that these conditions can affect the vision of children in school and also when they are involved in extracurricular activities. The team, he stated, was able to work along with an entomologist at the Georgetown Public Hospital to provide screening for a number of other eye-related ailments.
“The aim is to benefit them in the future, and provide them with the basic tools that they need to further develop themselves in their academic ventures,” Barry noted.
This initiative, started five years ago, is geared to provide some 100 children with spectacles each year. It is hoped that the exercise could be done on an annual basis.
