Glasses are setting a precedent
Active worldwide for good eyesight
Children want to learn and must be able to go to school. Many children around the world drop out of school early because they cannot see properly.
That's why it's so important that we offer free eye tests in schools and detect vision problems in children at an early stage.
Eager first graders in Malawi
At the Matandani School in Malawi, 220 first-graders sit on the floor of their classroom. The teacher complains: "The children in the first three rows never pay attention, they just look out of the window." The eye test shows that many children need glasses.
The pupils laugh happily as they look through their new glasses. Now everyone can see what is written on the blackboard.
The glasses fit
After the eye test, children who need glasses can choose a pair of OneDollarGlasses in their favorite color. In the presence of the parents, our GoodVision Technician fits the glasses professionally and checks that they fit correctly – and is critically scrutinized in the process.
Friends for seeing
This pupil at a school in Zomba, Malawi, says that she was never able to do her homework herself because she couldn't see. Her friend read everything to her and wrote down the answers for her. That was no longer necessary. It was not entirely clear which of the two was happier about the glasses.
Practicing together
The team from GoodVision (Malawi), the local partner of EinDollarBrille association, offers eye camps for entire schools. So that every child knows what to do during the eye test, they practise together beforehand.
First eye test
For most children, it is the first eye test of their lives. The excitement is correspondingly great.
The glasses fit
After the eye test, children who need glasses can choose a pair of OneDollarGlasses in their favorite color. In the presence of the parents, our GoodVision Technician fits the glasses professionally and checks that they fit correctly – and is critically scrutinized in the process.
Friends for seeing
This pupil at a school in Zomba, Malawi, says that she was never able to do her homework herself because she couldn't see. Her friend read everything to her and wrote down the answers for her. That was no longer necessary. It was not entirely clear which of the two was happier about the glasses.
Practicing together
The team from GoodVision (Malawi), the local partner of EinDollarBrille association, offers eye camps for entire schools. So that every child knows what to do during the eye test, they practise together beforehand.
First eye test
For most children, it is the first eye test of their lives. The excitement is correspondingly great.
Good eyesight for a good start to learning
In Brazil, people actually have a right to medical care. However, the country is so large and faces immense challenges that in many regions there is simply no basic eye care or infrastructure for it. This is a problem for adults, but especially for schoolchildren.
Dalia
Dalia (10) lives with her mother and brother in the "Vila Nova Esperança" favela on the outskirts of São Paolo (Brazil). Her brother Hobson (17) has been working in eyewear production at GoodVision (Brazil) for some time.
Proud of her brother
Today, Dalia wore her new glasses to school for the first time. She is very proud of her big brother: "Nobody in the whole school believed me that my brother made my new glasses himself," she says.
Almost blind with +7 diopters
Thalia Silver Quartra (14) from Brazil volunteered to help us with patient admission for a whole day. When almost all the patients had left, we discovered by chance that she could barely see.
Seeing can be so simple.
The eye test shows +7 and +8 diopters. When she puts on her new glasses, she is a little disconcerted at first, but then becomes increasingly enthusiastic. Seeing is suddenly so easy. Thalia says she used to always have headaches. Her big dream is to become a doctor one day.
Dalia
Dalia (10) lives with her mother and brother in the "Vila Nova Esperança" favela on the outskirts of São Paolo (Brazil). Her brother Hobson (17) has been working in eyewear production at GoodVision (Brazil) for some time.
Proud of her brother
Today, Dalia wore her new glasses to school for the first time. She is very proud of her big brother: "Nobody in the whole school believed me that my brother made my new glasses himself," she says.
Almost blind with +7 diopters
Thalia Silver Quartra (14) from Brazil volunteered to help us with patient admission for a whole day. When almost all the patients had left, we discovered by chance that she could barely see.
Seeing can be so simple.
The eye test shows +7 and +8 diopters. When she puts on her new glasses, she is a little disconcerted at first, but then becomes increasingly enthusiastic. Seeing is suddenly so easy. Thalia says she used to always have headaches. Her big dream is to become a doctor one day.
Nobody at school believed me that my brother made my new glasses himself.
