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Jonga Trust is looking to the future sight of underprivileged persons who require eye care. This blog is about those people.
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Charl Laas
Director and Optometrist of a private Optometric practice in Cape Town specialising in advanced soft and rigid contact lens fits with a strong focus on Orthokeratology and the rehabilitation of the traumatised and irregular cornea.
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Annual Report 2010-2011
EVERYBODY WORKING IN THE FIELD OF EYE CARE, NEED TO BE UP TO THE CHALLENGES AND BE ALERT TO THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE. TO GIVE THOSE IN NEED THE RIGHT TO SIGHT ... ...Jan 25 -
Every Child Should See Program
The Lions club of Tokai together with Jonga Trust has established a new eye care program. The eye care program focuses on eye screening and supply of spectacles for young children under the age of six, living in disadvantaged areas of Cape Town, South Africa. The program identifies the young children who are in need of eye care such as refra ...Nov 24 -
Jonga Screens Mayor’s Eyes
Thousands of Cape Townians joined the Global Diabetes Run/Walk on Saturday, November 19, to raise awareness for diabetes, which has been recognised by the United Nations as one of the world’s most severe health risks. Amongst the people attending the event was Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille and Professor Tim Noakes. Jonga Trust ...Nov 22 -
Eye Screening at Philippi Children Centre
Jonga Trust in association with the Lions club of Bergvliet had an eye health screening day for the preschool children at the Philippi children’s centre on 25 October 2011. Jonga Trust screened two classes, the Grade R and the Nursery class (4-5year old). “The two Jonga Trust eye screeners, Eubertina and Gavin, were fantastic with the children”, re ...Oct 26 -
Rural farm workers eye screening initiative
Lions Club of Franschhoek and Jonga Trust ran a rural farm eye screening initiative that took place in Franschhoek for the rural farm worker community on the 12 July 2011. The Lions club of Franschhoek sponsored the initiative which allowed the Jonga Trust community based eye workers and volunteers to screen 207 rural farm workers and their childre ...Aug 01 -
Other entries by Charl Laas
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International Nurses Day Screening
Lions and Jonga Trust Community Based Eye Care Workers were invited by the Department of Health, Western Cape to do Eye Screening recently at the International Nurses day held in the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The testing attracted a lot of attention with the Nurses anxious to have their eyes screened. Eye screenings carried out:&n ...Jun 17 -
Other entries by Di Powell