Helen Short

Helen's Assignment in Sierra Leone

Fundraising for Vision Action
£3,266
raised of £500 target
by 27 supporters
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Vision Action

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RCN 1081695
We make eye care accessible and affordable to help people fight poverty in Africa

Story

Hello!

I am a British, community- based optometrist working in Hampshire.

I am going to Sierra Leone  from 16th September to 2nd October 2016, with a small group of optometrists, dispensing  opticians and an optical technician to set up a Vision Centre in Makeni, and to provide outreach clinics  in local villages. When we issue prescriptions, the spectacles can be made up by VAO -trained,  local people, working in the Vision Centre.

I personally am paying £500 to go on this assignment but this is less than half of the full cost.

Please will you help to match my contribution, and  thereby help more people to see?     



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About the charity

Vision Action

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RCN 1081695
Vision Action aim to make eye care accessible and affordable overseas. We help the world to see through innovative programmes that reach out to some of the most remote communities throughout Africa. We began in 1989 and will continue until everyone across Africa has access to basic eye care.

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Total raised
£3,265.82
+ £343.75 Gift Aid
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£2,491.82
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£774.00

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