Vision Aid Overseas
Vision Aid Overseas is a charity dedicated to helping people in the developing world whose lives are blighted by poor eyesight. Vision Aid Overseas sends teams of volunteer optometrists and dispensing opticians abroad where they up clinics, screen large number of patients and provide appropriate spectacles.
Recycled spectacles are used in the third world where glasses are not normally available.
B R James Opticians has supported Vision Aid Overseas for a number of years. We collect spectacles for recycling and Vision Aid Overseas is our nominated charity.
So if you have any old glasses, please bring them into us and will send them to Vision Aid Overseas.
In December 2008, one of our opticians, Judith Searle, took part in the 10km run on the beach at Weston Super Mare to raise funds for Vision Aid Oversees.
Judith's ambition is to take part in an overseas clinic where a team of Opticians donate their time and expertise to run a clinic in a third world country for three weeks.