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The 2023 TOF Early Career Awards Submission Window Now Open! Submission window for the Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Optometry now open! In its continuing support of the field of optometry in Ghana and beyond, The Optical Foundation (TOF) has...

Everything I Did Led To What I Do Now. The Dutch magazine “Eyeline” interviews Dr. Carolina Kunnen. In this intimate interview you get a real sense of what an incredible woman our president is.    She is one of those rare people who, no matter how big or small, will...

The 2021 Frans Oosterhof Conference Grant To Attend The BCLA Was Awarded To 7 Ghanaian Optometry Students. The Optical Foundation is thrilled to announce that seven Ghanaian level 500 Optometry students have been awarded The Optical Foundation’s Frans Oosterhof...

NCC2020 Postponed! Like many event organisers around the world, the Netherlands Contact Lens Congress (NCC) board was faced with the huge responsibility of making a decision on how to proceed given the unprecedented situation that is COVID-19. The decision was made to...

The 2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant To Attend The NCC2020 Awarded To 2 Ghanaian Optometry Students. The Optical Foundation is pleased to announce the two winners of The Optical Foundation’s 2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant to attend the 2020Netherlands Contact Lens...

The 2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant To Attend The NCC2020 In The Netherlands Submission Window Now Open! We’re excited to announce that applications are now officially open for the 2020 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant to attend the 2020 Netherlands Contact Lens...

Count down to the 2019 Lecturing Tour By Professor Eric Papas and Esma Aygun In the lead up to our 2019’s Lecturing Tour, here are some highlights from our 2015 Lecturing Tour. Professor Eric Papas presented at two universities in Ghana (University of Cape Coast and...

The Optical Foundation is Making Funding Available Eyecare in Ghana is continually evolving each year as new students graduate in the field of optometry from either of the Optometry Schools at the universities in Ghana. However, there is still an enormous shortage of...

Meet The 2019 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant Awardees! The Optical Foundation has announced two winners of The Optical Foundation’s  Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant to attend the BCLA Conference in Manchester, UK in 2019: Miss Nutifafa Esther Senanu from Kwame Nkrumah...