Poor elderly and vulnerable people in Sri Lanka with poor eyesight lead their lives without spectacles due to their inability to buy. They struggle to manage their day-to-day activities including reading without spectacles. Assist RR have been collecting spectacles in the UK and donating them to hospitals in Sri Lanka. These spectacles are then given to underprivileged people by the eye doctors. Solihull Junior School Head Master, Mark Penney\u2019s daughter, Amelia, recently collected more than 1000 frames and reading glasses from Solihull School Community. A parent, who works for an Optician, donated hundreds of frames and reading glasses, which were brand new. Another parent donated a foci-meter, which is used\u00a0to verify the prescription in a pair of reading glasses.\u00a0Solihull pupils, Amelia, Francesca, and their\u00a0friends also collected 255 women\u2019s\u00a0trainers to be donated to girls\u00a0in Sri Lanka.\u00a0Mr Penney, on his way to SCOT\u2019s dinner as the chief guest on 20 Oct 2018, dropped these items in London to be shipped to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
All these items have now been donated to the needy in Sri Lanka. The foci-meter was donated to Mullaithivu DGH hospital. The frames were donated to Kalmunai, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu, and Vavuniya hospitals. These frames are given to patients with poor eyesight, who can\u2019t afford to pay for them. The trainers were donated to schoolgirls in Thunukkai and Kilinochchi. I recently spoke with the eye medical officers of these hospitals. They told me that they have already run out of these frames and reading glasses and requested for more for the benefit of many more poor people. Assist RR\u2019s sincere gratitude to Solihull School community, in particular to Mr Penney and his family, for their continued support.<\/p>\n
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