Denfi Foundation Hosts Eye Care and Supplies Day for San Skate

Santo Domingo.- The Denfi Foundation held an eye care day and gave away school supplies to children in the San Skate project, a German project set up in the municipality of San Luis in the east district of Santo Domingo to teach them how to ski.

This vision health initiative is carried out in partnership with Charity Vision, Visión Express Optical Center, Barra Yan and optometrist Antonio Sánchez. “San Skate” is directed by Osvaldo Miguel Pereira Ramirez.

During the medical days, we conducted eye exams and distributed free medicines, glasses, and school supplies to a large number of children. Others with higher diagnoses are referred to the foundation’s opticians.

The event was chaired by Maritza Durán, president of the Denfi Foundation, who said that these advisory activities for children and adolescents have been carried out for many years to raise early awareness of visual diseases and their consequences.

Duran urged the public to check their vision in time and prioritize vision health as the conjunctivitis epidemic breaks out again today.

The President of the Denfi Foundation added that patients who undergo treatment and examinations during the sessions they undergo receive due follow-up and support in their improvement or recovery process.

Pereyra Ramírez, director of San Skate, thanked the medical day organizers for their attention and concern for the visual health of the children in the project, while urging them to continue helping those in need in disadvantaged areas. nation..

“We urge people to get their eyesight checked and prioritize their vision health during these days of renewed conjunctivitis outbreaks.”

Marissa Duran