Providing eye care to the children in need.
Sight Aid International is a charity that has been set up to help raise awareness of eye care problems and help educate people on the importance of regular eye examinations and the need for corrective glasses.
The charity is currently making a difference to peoples lives in Kenya by offering free eye tests and free prescription glasses to those of low or no income who require corrective spectacles.
The charity provides free glasses to the children via Sean Walls from The Optical Factory & Hearing Clinic in East Kilbride.
The Optical Factory & Hearing Clinic have done 42573 eye tests in Kenya since 2009 to help prevent blindness and restore sight to the children who lack access to vision care.
Clear Vision, Bright Future
At our latest visit we ended up doing the Guardian Angel Academy instead of Ongata Primary as they cancelled last minute.
We screened 362 pupils, 5 needing glasses and almost 40 needing medicine. We also had 2 referrals, one for steroidal antibio injection and another for surgery.
This is a school deep in the quarry ghetto and caters to children from the slum. There are many people out there that can not afford vision care for their children and we have the honour of helping some of those children.
With your generosity, we’re bringing eye care and opportunity where it’s needed most.
BE PART OF OUR CHARITY KENYA PROJECT BY BOOKING A FREE EYE TEST WITH US
We pledge that for every eye test we do in East Kilbride, we will eye test a child in Kenya.
SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM KENYA
The school director also appealed for help in finding a donor/sponsor for a feeding program if possible.
Kenya is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Most families can only afford one meal a day since the drought took hold of Kenya. If children eat at night but have no breakfast, then they don’t want to go to school because they are hungry and weak.
Help provide subsidised nutritious meals to school children to improve nutrition, end classroom hunger, improve school attendance and performance.