Third World Eye Care Society

The mission of the society is to promote the importance of vision care through education presentations and epidemiological research and the donation of eyeglasses and eye exams to the poor in overseas eye clinics. This year the society continued to collect donated eyeglasses from the general public. The eyeglasses were cleaned sorted measures and refurbished so that only quality assured prescription eyewear would be given to poor after a thorough eye exam by twecs optometrists the project took place february 19-28th 2024. It served the barangay communities of bagamanocc baras bato caramoran gigmoto pandan panganiban san andres san miguel viga and virac in the province of catanduanes philippines. The eye care team from third world eye care provided eye care in the form of dilated eye health examinations refractive error correction cataract surgery referrals and vision screenings in two schools near the rhu. Dr joselito urgel accepted the cataract referrals. In eight clinic days 5488 patients were registered and seen and 4475 were given excellent quality prescription eyeglasses. The most prevalent age group was women between the ages of 40-64. A vision screening was done at a nearby elementary school and it identified 5 students with refractive error. Theses students were provided with prescription eyeglasses. The extensive impact of our work for goods and services was valued at 11 million pesos ($257 000 canadian).