We believe providing healthcare for the underprivileged children is essential, after all they are the next generation and the future of Armenia, who will ensure the continuation of her 8,000 year old history.
In 2015 we raised funds and we were able to directly sponsor 38 children’s visit to an optometrist and paid for their eye examination, prescription glasses and any eye medication that was required. We collaborated with OPTOMED Canada, on Alek Manukyan Street in Yerevan, Armenia. This project was carried out with the help of our Treasurer, Amalya Grigoryan. This year’s Eye Care project will be managed by our Director of Operations, Arsen Vardanyan, who oversees all of our ongoing projects in Armenia. We would like to continue to help the poor and underprivileged to be able to visit the optometrist. Generally various eye diseases or eye related illnesses that are caught and treated early can prevent the individual from having serious vision problems once the individual is older.
With the help of your generous donations we are going to sponsor another group of children to visit the optometrist in 2018.
To see our 2015 Eye Care project please click here.
POST PROJECT REMARKS:
This year World Vision and Empower Armenia worked together to successfully complete this year’s Eye Care project. Thanks to our donors we were able to raise $1,400 CAD and help 10 children. For the list of these children and the receipt please see the photo below. ‘World Vision Armenia’ was in charge of bringing the needy children to ‘OptoMed Canada’ in Yerevan to visit the optometrist. Our president was visiting Armenia at the time, and met the director of OptoMed Canada to discuss the details of the project and made the payments in person. We thank our donors for their continuous support, which made this project possible for the second year.
