Vision Health
Unlocking a Clearer Vision for Ecuador
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Program Goals
Provide Accessible Eye Care
Organize twenty days of mobile medical caravans to provide easily accessible eye care services to remote communities.
Community Engagement & Education
Engage with local communities through outreach programs and workshops to ensure that they are informed about eye health and access.
Capacity Building & Sustainable Care
Train local healthcare professionals and equip the local facility with needed supplies to ensure the sustainability of eye care services.
Reduce Visual Impairment through Preventive Measures & Diagnosis
Perform 2,500 free eye examinations, prioritizing children and individuals with vision issues.
Treatment and Restoration for 2025
Perform 75 cataract surgeries, distribute 570 prescription glasses and 300 pairs of reading glasses, perform 16 oculoplastics surgeries, perform 20 pediatric ophthalmic surgeries, and assist with other necessary treatments to individuals with visual impairments.
Program Purpose
Most of the population of the mountain villages in the Ecuadorian Andes does not have access to regular eye care and treatment. In fact, most of the members of these communities have never received an eye examination. It is common to find students in the schools that are no longer able to see the chalkboard. Additionally, those with vision problems most likely do not have access to nor the resources required to receive treatment nor corrective lenses.
PACH recognizes the importance of vision for the quality of life and economic wellbeing of families and understands the clear correlation between vision and an individual’s earning power. Therefore, preventing vision problems, correcting and enhancing vision, and even restoring lost vision can greatly improve an individual’s ability to work and access different employment opportunities. Further, in cases of blindness family members often must forgo other important activities like working or studying to become the caregivers for those individuals. Therefore, PACH has identified vision as being an area of priority in its mission of providing sustainable health solutions in this region.
Our Strategies
- Mobile medical caravans
- Collaborative partnerships
- Surgical medical mission
- Local staff capacity building and faciilities support