TWECS
mission in Villa El Salvador.... if you have seen photos of the Great
Depression of the Dirty Thirties, this neighbourhood would fit right in! Half
finished buildings, mud/sandy unpaved streets, dilapidated buildings... but
Beauty People. Today I was blessed with helping many of the poorest of the poor
regain some sight. One 81 year old gent went from "finger counting"
at 5 feet to being able to see 20/30 with his +5.00 reading glasses and his
+3.00 distance glasses. Another 70 year old fellow went from 20/800 to 20/40
with his new -4.00 glasses! And I have been blessed by being a helper in the
eye glass dispensing divisions, so I get to see all the fruits of the labour of
our team of 19 volunteers.
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| Typical yard on the clinic street, complete with dog curled up in the dirt. |
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| Another typical yard with firewood in front for use in cooking. |
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| Old VW in front of our clinic |
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| Eye glass dispensing station with 10,000 to 11,000 used eye glasses all sorted by prescription power and by Men's, Women's and Children's styles. |
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| This woman went from seeing 20/200 to seeing 20/20 with her new glasses! |
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| Mona, our newest TWECS volunteer with a very happy patient who now sees again. |
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