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Our Mission
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This will be achieved through propelling the field of optometry in Ghana through comprehensive eye examinations, education and research programs, which will create a self-reliant eye health care framework which will be duplicated across all developing nations in Africa.” text_align=”center”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][edgtf_separator position=”center” color=”#dd9933″ width=”50px” thickness=”3px” top_margin=”31px” bottom_margin=”35px”][/edgtf_elements_holder_item][/edgtf_elements_holder][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″][edgtf_elements_holder][edgtf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”2% 2% 2% 2%” target=”_self” item_padding_1280_1600=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_1024_1280=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_768_1024=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_600_768=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480_600=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480=”2% 2% 2% 2%”][edgtf_title_with_number title=”Screening” number=”01″ title_tag=”h3″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Make eye care accessible to everyone in Ghana, especially for children. We want to reach this by providing spectacles for children who need them and by referring children to an ophthalmologist or the eye clinic at the University of Cape Coast as the need arises.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Stimulate the local economy by buying the frames and lenses, as well as having the glasses prepared.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Ensuring the availability of enough equipment for the university for both the eye screening as well as educational purposes.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Stimulate local initiatives by allowing Ghanaian (student) optometrists to organise screenings in collaborating with the foundation “Tomorrow Stars” and the “World Eye Foundation.””][/edgtf_elements_holder_item][/edgtf_elements_holder][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″][edgtf_elements_holder][edgtf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”2% 2% 2% 2%” target=”_self” item_padding_1280_1600=”2% 0% 2% 2%” item_padding_1024_1280=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_768_1024=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_600_768=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480_600=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480=”2% 2% 2% 2%”][edgtf_title_with_number title=”Education” number=”02″ title_tag=”h3″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Provide Ghanaian optometry students of the University of Cape Coast with training to become eye specialist in their own country, by letting them perform eye tests under supervision at primary schools, orphanages and other communities.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Empowerment of women, to break the cycle of gender bias.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” icon_color=”#fcbf48″ title=”Train Ghanaian optometrists to become project leaders, with the ultimate goal of becoming self-sufficient.”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” title=”Ensure lectures are giving and supervision is provided at the optometry clinic of the University of Cape Coast”][/edgtf_elements_holder_item][/edgtf_elements_holder][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″][edgtf_elements_holder][edgtf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”2% 2% 2% 2%” target=”_self” item_padding_1280_1600=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_1024_1280=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_768_1024=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_600_768=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480_600=”2% 2% 2% 2%” item_padding_480=”2% 2% 2% 2%”][edgtf_title_with_number title=”Research” number=”03″ title_tag=”h3″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” title=”Establish scientific research projects in Ghana.”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” title=”Organise International professors to visit Ghana to give lectures aimed at inspiring and motivating (student) optometrists.”][vc_empty_space][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” title=”Help junior optometry teachers apply for travel grants to attend international conferences.”][vc_empty_space][edgtf_title_with_number title=”Long-term Goal” number=”04″ title_tag=”h3″ title_color=”#000000″][vc_empty_space][edgtf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” font_weight=”” title=”Expand the project to other regions in Ghana and eventually to other African countries, specifically with the assistance of locally trained.”][/edgtf_elements_holder_item][/edgtf_elements_holder][/vc_column][/vc_row]