SUMMARY OEBB VISION CARE & SCHOOL SUPPORT MISSION TRIP FOR LAOS -

MARCH 7th-17th, 2024. 

(One day in Vietnam and 3 days working at 5 locations in Laos.)

 

🎁 Gift Giving:

*Give-away 100 gift sets to the blind and visually impaired people in Quang Tri, Vietnam. (Each set is valued ~260,000 VND/ $11 USD)

*Donating 400 sets of rice 10kg each & multiple vitamins to the disabled and disadvantaged seniors in the areas of Bao Quang temple- Savannakhet. (Each set is valued ~ 150,000 VND/ $6.5 USD)

*Give-away 400 gift sets of noodles, sugar & oil to parents of poor students at 4 locations in Savannakhet. (Each set is worth ~ 150,000 VND/ $6.5 USD)

*Donating 1,100 school-supply sets of booklets, pens and nutritional milk to poor students from 35 different schools in Savannakhet province. (Each set is worth ~ 150,000 VND/ $6.5 USD)

 

👓Total Vision Check-ups for

1100 students, ~200 adults, and 500 seniors.

Distributed 600 pairs of sunglasses, ~970 pairs of nearsighted & farsighted prescription glasses, 500 boxes of eye drops to treat dry eyes & 500 boxes of drops to treat itching/eye allergies for seniors, teachers & poor students in Savannakhet province- Laos.

 

More than 95% of students have never had their eyes checked. A large number of students and adults have high anisometropia (farsighted and nearsighted). 80% of adults and seniors have symptoms of pterygium and cataracts.