DLC’s International Eyesight Missions is planning a screening campaign to Senegal in early January. Clinics are scheduled for January 2nd through the 7th. There will be time beforehand and afterward for touring around Dakar, where the campaign will take place.
We will be screening needy Senegalese for vision problems and distributing eyeglasses. Our plan is also to conduct eye surgeries, especially strabismus surgeries on young children. We will collaborate with one or more Lions Clubs in Dakar.
In January 2016, we conducted a screening campaign in Thiemping, Senegal, near the border with Mauritania. We worked for 5 days there and saw over 1,000 patients. We distributed 450 pairs of single vision eyeglasses for distance vision and 410 readers.
More details to follow...