School Eye Health - Ebutte-Metta
Introduction
Ebute Metta is a suburb of Lagos Mainland, a very old part of Lagos which is the main access route linking the mainland to the three main islands of Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Lagos Island. it is divided into two major parts- Ebute Metta East and West, and it is known for the production and sale of local foods and cloths.
It was a swampy stretch of land but for areas reclaimed for development. It therefore has communities within swamps as well as those on dry lands.
There are very many low fee-paying schools within this community, existing under the umbrella of Association for Formidable Educational Development (AFED), the internationally-recognized umbrella organization for the schools which serve the low socioeconomic strata of this community.
The Outreach
Restore Foundation set out to take quality eye care to the pupils and students of these underserved areas with a school eye health outreach in which there was a planned four-day outreach from the 15th to 18th of February 2023. Two days was spent in the Ebute Metta east community and two days in the Ebute Metta West community.
Team Restore's Outreach Operation in Session
Disbursement of Optical Aids and Medicines to different schools & Outreach Conclusion
Outreach Conclusion
A total of 1,100 school children benefitted for vision testing and qualitative eye examinations with treatments given instantly, consisting of 482 free eyedrops, ointments and other medications. 67 children benefitted from free spectacles and four children planned for free vision-restoring eye surgeries.
In line with our vision to improve the lot of disadvantaged children through optimization of vision to improve their academic attainment and therefore future potentials, Restore Foundation will continue to aid families to break out of the cycle of poverty through academic success, one community at a time.
The 18th of February 2023 marked the conclusion of the Ebutte-Metta Outreach.
Ebutte-Metta Done!!, the next disadvantaged community bekons!!
We Are Ready!!!
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