Meet Deanna. Deanna is 12 years old and loves going to school. But, when she started to get headaches, to struggle in class and to stop enjoying school, no one seemed to know why. The doctor prescribed Deanna headache medication, but the problem was with her eyes, not her head.
In 2020, as part of See Better. Learn Better, Deanna was seen by a volunteer optometrist who identified the problem and promptly prescribed glasses. Deanna is back to getting good grades and most importantly, enjoying school again!
Since our founding in 2014, we have screened almost 7,000 elementary school-aged children across 11 schools in rural Jamaica. We have prescribed glasses to 800!
Our goal is to provide vision screening to every child in Jamaica.