October Month Review

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed

October as most of us know is a health month in the sense that lots of health awareness creation is done during this month, eyecare was no exception to this, on the second Thursday of October every year World Sight Day is celebrated, but before then @bettervision has already been working on propagating eyecare to all especially those in the deprived communities and providing free healthcare.

Because October is a month of eyecare awareness lot more outreaches took place this month, well more than usual I would say, not less than 10 outreaches were organized this month, some of which steemians were given update on concerning the @bettervision agenda others are yet more to be posted, either way, it has been a very long, beautiful and inspiring month, full of charity and love and care.

A minimum of 62USD was spent on mini outreaches like that of Calvary Methodist Church which was conducted recently, however for those that were bigger requiring more volunteers and long distance travels costs were upto 200 USD. We are quite fortunate that nowadays most of our volunteers have acquired ophthalmic instruments eliminating the hiring process, also @bettervision has ordered for Ophthalmic Instruments to be brought in which is to take about 12 working days, this will make the work more easier and less costly.

So how come these amounts are put into play when organizing outreaches and what are they used for? In the previous post we talk about the perequisite for outreach organization, these amounts simply go into the 3 most important components of Health Screenings, the medication to be provided, the transportation of the crew to conduct the screening and the feeding of the crew to give them the energy required to work as they ought to.

Thanks to @fundition some of these costs were catered for with steem and it helped a lot, not forgetting @adollaraday’s support to which came into play quite recently, it is such an honor to have our works recognized @pennsif, gratitude for all the donations sent. In total about 235 sbd has so far gone into support of outreaches this month both through upvotes and donations. We would like to say “ayekoo” to all patrons of Ocular Health Care. We ask that you continue to support us to achieve our goals, aims and objectives.

Your life is your message to the world, Make sure it is inspiring

What is @bettervision about?

@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.

To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.

To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks

To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.

To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.

Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.

This is me @nattybongo reporting for @bettervision. Thanks for your time