EYE CAMPS
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Network runs eye camps in the Dodoma region of Tanzania in East Africa, in order to
increase the accessibility of eye care services to the community. Eye camps are conducted between May and December of each year. They are usually two weeks long, and involve a team of about 14 people visiting a number of villages to provide free or low cost eye care and spectacles in towns and to screen patients for cataract surgery. Volunteering during eye camps The
eye camps could not exist without the ongoing support from The Lions
Recycling Centre in Brisbane who donates spectacles and the Queensland
and Western Australian divisions of the Optometrists Association of
Australia, who collect used spectacles and equipment from their members.
The divisions also promote the work of Ona to their member Optometrists
around Australia. Freight transport is donated by the Maersk shipping
line. Below you can see our volunteering video, based on the 2006 eye camp. This video shows the work done by Ona Network and its volunteers in restoring sight in Tanzania. Read reports from previous camps here. |
