World Sight Day Outreaches Apiadu Basic School (Group B-Pediatrics)

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed

We already know the world sight day outreach was divided into groups, the Apiadu, Boadi and Ayeduase groups, over the past few days i have been updating the community on what went on at Boadi M/A Basic School, although we have not looked at everything that occurred, today we go all the way to Apiadu to take a look at what happened there also.

So just as it was done at Boadi they also further segregated themselves into two groups, the pediatrics and the geriatrics, this was done to ensure faster and more efficient work since students most often would present with refractive errors which takes lot of time during refraction, from objective refraction using the retinoscope to subjective refining.

So imagine being in class and all through your life you have been seeing images blurry and you think that’s how everyone sees because as long as you can remember that is how you have been seeing, then imagine the joy, exhilaration and excitement when you vision is fine-tuned such that the world becomes the most beautiful high pixel motion graphics you have ever seen. That is what was described to be the expression of some of these kids when they underwent refraction.

Your life is your message to the world, Make sure it is inspiring

What is @bettervision about?

@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.

To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.

To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks

To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.

To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.

Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.

This is me @nattybongo reporting for @bettervision. Thanks for your time