by Charlotte Marbuss | Feb 3, 2020 | Past Events
2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant – NCC, The Netherlands The Optical Foundation’s 2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant to attend the 2020 Netherlands Contact Lens Congress (NCC) in Veldhoven, Netherlands was awarded to: Miss Asantewa Aboagye MacCarthy a level 500...
by Rens | May 29, 2019 | Past Events
2019 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant – BCLA, UK The Optical Foundation’s 2019 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant to attend the 2019 BCLA Conference in Manchester, UK was awarded to: Miss Nutifafa Esther Senanu a level 500 Optometry student at Kwame Nkrumah University of...
by Rens | May 29, 2019 | Past Events
2019 Lecturing Tour Prof Eric Papas and Esma Aygun – Ghana After a successful lecturing tour by Professor Eric Papas in 2015, in 2019 we expanded the lecturing tour and sent two lecturers to Ghana: Professor Eric Papas and Esma Aygun.Eric Papas is a Professor in the...
by Rens | May 29, 2018 | Past Events
2018 Outreach Eye Screenings – Jachie, Ghana Outreach Screening Project Our two volunteers on this project were Iris de Jong, an optometrist, and Ellen Blom, an orthoptist. This was Iris’ first mission. Ellen on the other hand is a seasoned volunteer who has worked on...
by Charlotte Marbuss | Jul 25, 2017 | Past Events
2017 World Sight Day Screening – Opa-locka, Florida In July 2017, our chair, Carolina Kunnen and videographer/photographer Rens Bais teamed up with Our Children’s Vision, Major League Baseball Players Trust and KaBOOM! in Opa-locka, Florida, as part of the community...
by Rens | Mar 8, 2017 | Past Events
2017 Eye Screenings Collaboration – Jachie, Ghana Diverting a project due to political unrest The Optical Foundation was all geared up for its first project in Gambia which, as one of the poorest countries in Africa, has an extreme shortage of eye care...
