By Donna Campbell | Executive Director
For most kids in the United States, a vision test is part of their regular annual school check-up. A tearm from Helen Keller International even came to my daughters' school this spring and screened all the kids free of charge. Not long after, several kids were sporting very colorful, new eye glasses.
Unfortunately, in India there is no system of regular check-ups for school children. Vision problems can go undiagnosed for years, and worsen if left untreated. Academic performance is affected -- it's hard to keep up with the rest of the class, if you can't see what is being taught.
Abdulla and Ayisha and their four children live in the Ramananthapuram district of Tamil Nadu. Their second child was struggling to keep up in school, and his teacher suggested that they take him to Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai to have his visition tested. All four children were examined and two of them had refractive errors and needed glasses.
Aravind's Spectacles for Scholars program provides vision screenings for school children free of charge through Aravind Eye Hospitals. Your donations have helped sponsor more than 36,0000 screenings to raise awareness and identify refractory issues and provided 947 eye glasses free of charge to those cannot afford to buy them. Thank you!
By Donna Campbell | Executive Director, Aravind Eye Foundation
By Donna Campbell | Executive Director, Aravind Eye Foundation
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