VisionMonth2019 @month2019
I am Will Kammerer, a senior at School Without Walls High School in DC. This a campaign that I organized to help end poor vision in the developing world. gofundme.com/visionmonth201… Joined January 2019-
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The organizations mentioned in my article all do good work. They include EyeAlliance, VisionSpring, Aravind Eye Hospital, Sightsavers but there are other organizations that are worth mentioning.
When conducting research did you come across any organizations that are doing an especially good job at helping solve the issue?
Vision Month has come to an end. Thank you to everyone that gave money. The GoFundMe will remain up until Friday the 15th. I will be concluding this campaign with an interview from New York Times writer Andrew Jacobs.
If these children do not attend school it is very unlikely for their family wealth to change, and any chance for a new life is thrown out the window because the child was assumed to be slow.
They are taken out of school because they are assumed to be less intelligent or do not show promise, but in reality they cannot see. When these children get taken out of school it is so much more detrimental than it might seem.
Children in certain regions are more susceptible to vision problems and can face harsher realities because of it.
It is also worth stating that when kids have poor vision they are less likely to pick up physical cues when a conversation is occuring. This leads to a lack in understanding of social cues as the child gets older, which can lead to a host of both professional and social issues.
Poor vision can negatively affect this process leading to a variety of different issues. For example children are less likely to be successful within any career field if they experience some sort of vision deficiency.
Similar to women, children will be chosen after the adults in the family to receive eye care or glasses, leaving them with the same mental traumas that come with lack of proper health care.
Luckily some women, like Hema, are able to reach programs that allow them to thrive but a majority are not able to. To help more women like Hema succeed you need to 1. Following me @VisionMonth19 2. Going to my GoFundMe (VisionMonth2019)
The problems that people face when living below the poverty line are magnified significantly when they are paired with both poor vision and being a women in a region that has a culture that heavily favors men is one of the most difficult way to grow up in and thrive.
For this post i will conducting more of a case study than my normal format. In this case study i will be focusing on women in India who suffer vision problems. I will be talking about the personal experience of a girl growing up in India.
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