Cobble Hill, BC -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/16/2015 -- Local optometrists, Dr. Trevor T. Miranda O.D., and the staff members of South Cowichan Eyecare, have been acknowledged by Optometry Giving Sight as Bronze award level fundraisers, thanks to their efforts during the 2014 World Sight Day Challenge.
The team at South Cowichan Eyecare raised funds during the World Sight Day 2014 campaign by holding a fundraiser for the fees eye exam and general eye care. This money will be used to support sustainable eye care projects in underserved communities around the world, helping people who are needlessly blind and in urgent need of eye care.
"We are thrilled we had the opportunity to help out" said Dr. Miranda.
"Our clinic has supported Optometry Giving Sight for a number of years. I am particularly proud to donate to such a worthwhile cause. The World Sight Day Challenge is a great way to help support the millions of people who don't have access to the basic eye care that we can take for granted."
Optometry Giving Sight is committed to supporting programs that focus on training local eye care professionals so that people in need will have access to sustainable eye care from within their own community.
2014 saw many highlights including tens of thousands of children being screened and given glasses where needed in Soweto Africa, El Salvador and Tanzania!
About South Cowichan Eyecare
South Cowichan Eyecare is a local Canadian eye care practice which provides complete family eye care to Cobble Hill, Chemainus, and Lake Cowichan, BC. South Cowichan Eyecare has been recognized as holding the 2014 World Sight Day Challenge Bronze award!
About World Sight Day
World Sight Day is an initiative of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and is supported by the World Health Organization (WHO); the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and non government organizations with the shared goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by the year 2020, in order to give all people in the world the right to sight. In 2014, World Sight Day was held on Thursday, October 9.
About the World Sight Day Challenge
The World Sight Day Challenge is a major fundraising campaign coordinated by Optometry Giving Sight which is designed to raise funds for projects that provide vision care, local training and infrastructure support for people who are blind or vision impaired due to uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses.