Project Overview
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Refugee Project in Greece
In 2018 ESCRS donated funds to support a project to provide eye care treatment to refugees in Greece. The project is run by the University of the Mountains, a voluntary, non-profit organisation in Crete. With the support from ESCRS, and support from Hellenic Society for Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery, the University of the Mountains set up a mobile unit equipped for carrying out eye examinations. Amongst the targets for the project is the preliminary diagnosis of keratoconus, which is extremely prevalent in the countries of origins for refugees.
Please click here to view further details of the project (link to pdf of presentation)
Call for Surgeon Volunteers
If you are an ophthalmologists and would like information about volunteering in this project in Crete please contact us at programme@escrs.org for further information.
About Eyes of the World
Eyes of the World is a non-profit organization that helps visually impaired people without economic resources living in under-developed countries. The goals are that these people receive qualified ophthalmic care from their local health services and that conditions are created to help reduce pathological ocular incidence in each region. Eyes of the World also works at increasing public awareness in our social environment concerning the basic healthcare deficiencies in those places.
