A new eye clinic, Qorax Vision Centre is offering free eye examination services for underprivileged children based in Bulawayo.
The programme is targeting children under the age of 12 years and will run up to December 31, 2023.
The program is open for every child and it will be held under the theme “Leaving No Child Behind”.
Qorax Vision Centre is a seven week old primary health care facility that offers optometry services, their offices are in Ascot, Bulawayo.
The clinic’s founder and optometrist in charge, Farai Zinyembe said the main reason behind this gesture is to give a chance to the less privileged to get their eyes tested.
“Our economy is highly informalised and not so many people can easily access later afford eye healthcare services, children are the most affected considering that during the first decade of life, over 75 percent of their learning takes place through the sense of sight normally,” said Zinyembe.
He added, “No child should drop out of school because of poor vision or preventable blindness. No child should repeat a grade as a result of poor vision and that parents ought to be educated about vision problems, especially vision related learning disabilities.”
He said from January the services will be offered every last Friday of the month till the end of the program, however, should the funds permit, it will be done more regularly.
“Our target is to have such clinics being run also in other parts of Bulawayo and beyond where most vulnerable are found,” said Zinyembe.
A new eye clinic in town, Qorax Vision Centre is offering a free eye examination program for underprovileged children based in Bulawayo.
The programme is targeting children under the age of 12 years and will run up to December 31, 2023.
The program is open for every child and it will be held under the theme “Leaving No Child Behind”.
Qorax Vision Centre is a seven week old primary health care facility that offers optometry services, their offices are in Ascot, Bulawayo.
The clinic’s founder and optometrist in charge, Farai Zinyembe said the main reason behind this gesture is to give a chance to the less privileged to get their eyes tested.
“Our economy is highly informalised and not so many people can easily access later afford eye healthcare services, children are the most affected considering that during the first decade of life, over 75 percent of their learning takes place through the sense of sight normally,” said Zinyembe.
He added, “No child should drop out of school because of poor vision or preventable blindness. No child should repeat a grade as a result of poor vision and that parents ought to be educated about vision problems especially vision related learning disabilities.”
He said from January the services will be offered every last Friday of the month till the end of the program, however, should the funds permit, it will be done more regularly.
“Our target is to have such clinics being run also in other parts of Bulawayo and beyond where most vulnerable are found,” said Zinyembe
