Haitian Relief

Optometry’s Charity™ – The AOA Foundation is serving as a conduit to provide information to AOA members regarding the ophthalmic community’s response to this international relief effort.

The first priority is to address the immediate needs for food, water, shelter and medical attention. As soon as the situation is stabilized, organizations, whose missions support providing vision care and eyewear to people in need, will begin to mobilize to provide this secondary assistance.

The Foundation offers the following agencies as resources which are accepting donations:

• www.foodforthepoor.org
• www.unicefusa.org
• www.cnn.com/impact
• www.redcross.org/
• http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf

Additionally, Optometry Giving Sight is working with partner organizations including Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) and the Caribbean Optometrists Association (CARIOA), to identify and fund projects that will provide emergency relief and assist in the reconstruction process through the establishment of sustainable vision care.

Optometrists may donate online to support efforts in Haiti at www.givingsight.org or call (303) 526-0430 and help give sight to people in desperate need.