Exciting news for 2024, Tokai Lions has launched a new partnership with local optometrist Vision Works in Blue Route Mall, Tokai, where we will be providing eye examinations and prescription glasses free of charge to underprivileged children of school age in our local area. This partnership is in collaboration with our Multiple District organisation, BrightSight.
To kick off our new Childhood Vision Projection, children of the Westlake community who have been identified to have visual impairments have been lined up for appointments at Vision Works. The teachers at Westlake have been incredible at identifying children who need glasses, and we have so far provided 13 children with glasses out of the 15 children given a full eye examination.
Tokai Lions Club also has its own eye clinic in Khayelitsha, it has assisted in training local community workers to go out into the community to deliver free eye screening and readers for patients. The cost of running the clinic, and delivering screening and readers, is met by fundraising and donations.
