(VNF) - Principals of 21 schools in Xuan Truong district (Nam Dinh province) were provided with training on vision screening by Helen Keller International (HKI) Vietnam on October 18.

42 trainees are equipped with valuable eye-care knowledges (source: HKI)

The workshop was conducted as part of the ChildSight® project scaling - School based eye care, launched by HKI, sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and TOMS company (US).

The project's key goals are building the sustainable system for vision screening at schools and providing subsidised/free eye glasses; improving the capacity of teachers and school health workers in vision screening and raising awareness of the importance of healthy vision.

Thank to the thorough instruction of Assoc.Prof.Nguyen Chi Dung, former head of the Community Eye care Department (VNIO), the trainees have obtained valuable knowledges in vision screening and identifying students with eyes problems for further treatment as well as providing better eye care services for children.

HKI also presents vision screening equipment to the vision center in Xuan Truong District Health Center (source: HKI Vietnam)

On this occasion, HKI also donated vision screening equipment worths VND 210 million to the vision center in Xuan Truong District Health Center.

Earlier, on October 14-15, HKI collaborated with Nam Dinh Provincial Eye Hospital, to provide free vision screening and eye care for over 500 schoolchildren and 400 elderly people in Yen Nhan commune, Y Yen district.

✏HKI is planning to provide vision screening for 10,000 schoolchildren and spectacles for 1,000 of those with refractive errors./.

( Phi Yen )