Outreach at Nkawie Basic (Pediatrics)

Don’t loss hope, when the SUN goes down, the STARS come up

Working with kids involves patience, love and care because at times it is difficult getting them to communicate as you would want them to or even to understand what you want them to understand, imagine performing a visual acuity test on a child who has difficulties reading the letters of the alphabets, naturally this child would not be able to tell you that the letter you are pointing at is A or B or C, thus there is a communication barrier, irrespective of this you still have to get the measure of the visual acuity down though so what would you do?

You use the tumbling E letter chart, the child doesn’t need to know the letters of the alphabet before he or she can tell you the direction of the legs of E when they are turned in different directions. That is the beauty of scientific innovations, they say the necessity in the mother of invention. Some of the greatest breakthroughs in science came about as a result of our yearning to find solutions to problems. For those of us @bettervision our goal is to ensure that the average Ghanaian gets the ocular care possible irrespective of the inhabitant or financial background.

The best things in life are the people you love, the places you have seen and the memories you have made along the way

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 @adollaraday @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