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Meet Our New Board Member Simone Stad
Meet Our New Board Member Simone Stad It is with immense pleasure that The Optical Foundation introduces our newest board member SimoneStad. Simone is a Dutch optometrist and completed her Bachelor degree at the University of applied sciencein Utrecht. For her Master...
Meet Our Advisory Committee
Meet Our Advisory CommitteeWith the objective of making eye care accessible for everyone in Ghana (especially children), The Optical Foundation created a sustainable eye health care program that provides children with full eye exams while at the same time giving...
Meet Our New Web Administrator
Meet Our New Web AdministratorThe Optical Foundation is growing and it is with great pleasure that we introduce our newest board member Rick Elenbaas. Rick joined The Optical Foundation in April, responding to a volunteer web administrator vacancy we posted on social...
The 2016 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant Awarded to Acheampong Oppong
The 2016 Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant Awarded to Acheampong OppongThe 2016 Optical Foundation Frans Oosterhof Travel Grant was awarded to Acheampong Oppong, who attended the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Conference in Montpellier, France. Acheampong is a student at the...
301 Children Received Eye Exams At The Essiam Screening
301 Children Received Eye Exams At The Essiam ScreeningEarly December 2015, The Optical Foundation and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) teamed up for another collaborative screening project in Essiam. Organized by Francis Wiredu one of UCC’s students, this two day...
Successful 2015 Lecturing Tour By Prof Eric Papas In Ghana
Successful 2015 Lecturing Tour By Prof Eric Papas In Ghana One of the highlights of 2015 was the Lecturing Tour that The Optical Foundation organized. We invited Professor Eric Papas to present at two universities (University of Cape Coast and Kwame Nkrumah University...
50th Wedding Anniversary Donation
50th Wedding Anniversary DonationFor their 50th anniversary Jan and Gertie Timmermans-Kunnen asked their guests to donate to The Optical Foundation and Catholic Action for Street Children instead of receiving presents themselves. Jan, Gertie and their guests raised...
Check Our Video For The Campus Travel Video Competition
Check Our Video For The Campus Travel Video CompetitionIn May 2015 The Optical Foundation entered into a video competition from “Campus Travel” in Australia to win a Travel Grant. Unfortunately we didn’t win, but we did produce an amazing video about our work in Ghana...
Meet Our Two New Board Members Charlotte Marbus and Maria Markoulli
Meet Our Two New Board Members Charlotte Marbus and Maria MarkoulliThe Optical Foundation would like to welcome two new board members: Charlotte Marbus and Dr Maria Markoulli from Australia! Both Charlotte and Maria are no strangers to the foundation; they have both...
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