Purchasing a PlusOptiX Sight Screening Device will be a huge investment to Eyes of Africa, the African Educational system and our future generation. At the moment, we rent the device and pay per child screened, similar to data. Purchasing the device will eliminate these costs allowing us to sight screen children anytime, anywhere at no cost.
Poor vision is a clear barrier to education and employment, and most children and their families in underprivileged areas are often unaware of their difficulties or lack the funding to see to their visual impairments. Because of little to no access to funding, Opticians and/or glasses, these children fall behind in school or eventually drop out and are thrown back into a cycle of poverty.
Purchasing a Plusoptix screening device will eliminate screening costs and free up funding for post eye healthcare treatment such as glasses, medications, surgery and costly appointments at Optometrists and Specialists.
By tackling vision impairment and the root cause of their learning difficulties, this will provide children with the ability to live life to the fullest, reduce inequalities they face on a daily basis and assist the child to become productive independent members of their communities and society at large.
