There are very few medical services in the South of Madagascar that are accessible to people in need. Often a visit to a doctor is too expensive and also means a long journey (often by foot).
When we set up our NGO there was no eye clinic in Fort Dauphin. This made it very hard for people to have their eyes checked, have prescribed glasses or operations when needed. We realized that many people could be helped by a simple treatment or medication or glasses, helping them to improve their eyesight and thus improve their quality of life.
This is how we help:
At La Vision we built up an eye clinic in Fort Dauphin. The buildings were already there and we remodeled them into a clinic which includes: an office, two treatment rooms, a storage for medication and a pharmacy.
We shipped a first container in spring 2013 filled with operation material, furniture and medicine which were donated by our friends and family in Europe. In addition, through the help of many others, we managed to send hundreds of eye glasses to Fort Dauphin. After the arrival of the container, the last renovation works were done and the clinic opened in 2013. A Spanish Ophthalmologist accompanied us upon arrival of the medical devices to teach / brief our local doctors on site.
Our ophthalmologist provides all sorts of eye treatments and glasses. In addition we have a general doctor and provide our patients with the treatments and medication needed. All this is free of charge for the people in need.