Chairman, Founder FluoreSCENE Media Founder, "ODs on facebook" Trustee New England College of Optometry
We’ve all seen the statistic – more than 1 billion people worldwide suffer from uncorrected refractive error. There are many organizations out there doing great work to meet the desperate need for free and low-cost eye exams and eyeglasses. But, there’s one – Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) – that is meeting not only the immediate need that exists for exams and glasses but is also providing long-term solutions by addressing the root cause of the problem of preventable blindness – the dire shortage of optometrists in undeveloped and developing countries. The organization raises money from optometrists and others in our industry to fund an annual grant program. Since its inception, the organization has funded projects that have served 8 million patients in 47 countries. It has also helped establish 14 optometry schools and trained more than 14,000 optometrists and allied health professionals to treat patients in underserved parts of the world. To date, OGS has awarded more than 200 grants totaling more than $23 million. Learn more about the great work that OGS makes possible, and see what projects the organization just announced it will fund this year. https://lnkd.in/gUXt7DqQ #partner — with Optometry Giving Sight
Lead Optometrist/Key Lecturer at Hanoi Medical University
2wCongrats Dr. Alan N.! The picture indeed was taken at my humble university, the peadiatric vision center was built with OGS support! Thank you!