Myanmar
Glasses production in the monastery
Myanmar with its countless golden temple roofs is now one of the poorest countries in the world.
ODG Brazil - Facts
- Started work: 2014
- More than 200,000 vision tests performed
- Over 62,000 people provided with glasses
- 25 employees on site
- Main location: São Paolo
- Eye camps in the favelas and the Amazon
- 3 social-optics shops
- Project name: Renovatio
Basic data - Brazil
- Population: 210 million
- Population density: 25,6 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 1,868
- 22% of school drop-outs due to children's sight defects
ODG Bolivia - Facts
- Started work: 2014
- Over 66,000 people provided with glasses
- Over 100,000 vision tests performed
- 25 local employees
- Main location: Santa Cruz
- Eye camps with mobile optical unit
- Central production for South America: 75,000 frames manufactured
- Project name: Lentes al Instante (Bolivia)
Basic data - Bolivia
- Population: 12 million
- Population density: 10,8 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 3,625
ODG Malawi - Facts
- Started working: 2014
- Over 44,000 people provided with glasses
- More than 135,000 vision tests performed
- Main location: Lilongwe
- 34 employees on site
- Around 1,200 eye-camps
- Four eyewear centers
- Project name: GoodVision (Malawi)
Basic data - Malawi
- Population: 20 million
- Population density: 203 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 431 (rank 174 of 189)
ODG Burkina Faso - Facts
- Started working: 2013
- Over 87,000 people provided with glasses
- More than 222,000 vision tests performed
- 70 employees on site
- Central production in Ouagadougou (capital)
- More than 20 spectacle centres as permanent contact points
- Project name: GoodVision (Burkina Faso)
Basic data - Burkina Faso
- Population: 20 million
- Population density: 76 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 790 (rank 182 of 189)
ODG India - Facts
- Started working: 2017
- Over 40,000 people provided with glasses
- More than 120,000 vision tests performed
- about 90 employees on site
- Headquarter in the state of Odisha
- Over 2,700 eye camps with small mobile teams
- Project name: CARE Netram
Basic data - India
- Population: 1.4 billion
- Population density: 464 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 1,965
ODG Peru - Facts
- Started working: 2019
- Over 8,000 people provided with glasses
- Main location: Lima
- Eye-camps in the poor outskirts of Lima and numerous peruvian regions
- Project name: Lentes al Instante (Perú)
Basic data - Peru
- Population: 33 million
- Population density: 25 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 6,700
- About one third of the population lives in the region Lima
- Peru is geographically the third largest country in South America
ODG Kenya - Facts
- Started working: 2014
- Main location: Nairobi
- Project name: Tuone Vizuri Miwani, GoodVision (Kenia)
Basic data - Kenya
- Population: 50 million
- Population density: 95 inhabitants per km2
- PDP per inhabitant: USD 2,000
ODG Myanmar - Facts
- Started working: 2018
- Over 10,000 people provided with glasses
- Headquarters: Pyimana Township NayPyiTaw
- Project responsibility: OneDollarGlasses Switzerland
- 2019: Foundation of an own organization
- Project name: GoodVision (Myanmar)
Basic data - Myanmar
- Population: 53 million
- Population density: 82 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitant: USD 1,400 (147 of 189)
Ehtiopia - Facts
- Started working: 2013
- Working with Alem Katema e.V. Partnership
- Main location: Alem Katema, Region Amhara
- One Dollar Glasses production and optical tests
Basic Data - Ehtiopia
- Population: 100 million inhabitants
- Population density: 95 inhabitants per km2
- GDP per inhabitan: 950 USD
Start-up
In 2018, our sister organization OneDollarGlasses Switzerland began training medical staff from Sitagu Buddhist Foundation in the manufacturing and adaptation of OneDollarGlasses. Since then, the team has implemented the project with great work discipline and reliability on site and has already been able to supply a large number of people with glasses.
Contrary to the general strategy of OneDollarGlasses to sell glasses at affordable prices, in Myanmar they are free of charge at the monastery.
This is due to the fact that the inhabitants of the monasteries are subsidized by the local community. They do not have any spare cash for extra purchases.
Own organisation
OneDollarGlasses Switzerland, headed by Jürg Messerli, has founded its own local organization GoodVisionGlasses Ltd. in the official capital NayPyiTaw. The local manager Kaung San is a well-connected businessman with medical knowledge and excellent contacts both in the business world and in the field of eye health. The focus on quality work, but certainly also Kaung San’s good relations to the Ministry of Health, have strengthened the reputation of GoodVisionGlasses Ltd. in Myanmar.
Photos: Jürg Messerli, OneDollarGlasses Switzerland
Our projects worldwide
Today we are active in eight countries worldwide.
Our goal: Establishment of an optical basic care for everyone.
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