By Jean Gajano | Executive Director
Thanks to the donations raised for this project, New Eyes has been able to provide 119 Kentucky residents in financial need with the simple, yet critiical, tool of eyeglasses. New Eyes worked with a total of 10 social service agencies in Kentucky during this period, helping 60 women, 45 men and 14 children. Sixty-seven percent of the adults and all of the children's families were working poor; the remainder were either senior citizens on Medicare or disabled adults.
Traditional Medicare does not pay for eyeglasses for seniors. Medicaid does not pay for eyeglasses in Kentucky for adults and provides only one pair for a child per year (if the child's prescription changes or if they lose or break their eyeglasses they must wait a full year before they receive another pair). These recipients would not have been able to afford the glasses they need to see clearly and improve their lives. Because of the funding through Global Giving, these children can go to school prepared to succeed; adults will be able to find employment or improve job performance and senior citizens will be able to live more securely and independently, able to read medication labels, avoid falling hazards and move more freely.
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