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A recent USAID press release, found here, commends VisionSpring for its role in developing innovative approaches to providing eye care in the developing world. Here is an excerpt from the press release:
"There are 17 million children in the world with low vision or blurred eye sight. Children with inadequate vision often drop out of school when they cannot see the blackboard or letters in a book, and suffer the lifelong consequences of low education. The majority of these children experience refractive errors that can be corrected with glasses.
One of USAID's grantees, VisionSpring, is innovating approaches to delivering eye glasses to people with refractive error. VisionSpring trains Vision Entrepreneurs to screen adults and children and sell a variety of low-cost glasses. In addition to providing access to eye care in rural Indian communities, these Vision Entrepreneurs are earning income and are better able to support their own families."
