 Our
Glasses Program is expanding! We have given away hundreds of prescription
and non-prescription glasses, mostly in rest homes. Recently, we received
thousands of pairs of unisex frames. Our pilot program to provide 200 pairs
of prescription glasses to Sibiu's needy people was launched in April,2001.
The following announcement (below) was given newspaper
and radio exposure in Sibiu in April, 2001. Understandably, masses of people
were lined up 2 hours early on distribution day, with prescription in hand!
The recipients paid for their own eye exam, and Heart furnished free frames
and paid for the cost of lens-grinding and fitting the frames. Heart also
paid a small administration fee to Third Age Foundation for their facilitation
of this new glasses program. It was a HUGE success, thanks to cooperative
efforts. We will be doing more periodic distributions of this kind.
We also received 5000 pairs of non-prescription reading
glasses in various corrections. These are easy for us to distribute ourselves.
Click here to see what we
do with our reading glasses donations.
Click here to read the Romanian
announcement of the first glasses distribution. |
TRANSLATION: Newspaper and Radio Announcement
for Sibiu (Tribuna / Sibiu March 27, 2001):
Donation for People with Deficient Vision
"The organization Heart for Romania from USA, announces
that it would offer free reading glasses based on medical prescriptions
for the following categories of people, within its charity work for unprivileged
people from Romania and especially from the Sibiu area.
- To pupils and students coming from families with at least
3 children;
- Medium aged persons currently unemployed;
- Old persons with monthly incomes under 1.200.000 Lei.
($42)
The persons that are entitled to receive this help should
come during 19-23 of March 2001 at the Day Center of Fundatia Varsta a
III-a (Third Age Foundation), situated in Sibiu, B-dul Gen. Vasile Milea,
bl.9, sc.E, ap.57 between 11.00-13.00.
In a first stage this help would be granted to the first
200 persons who would come to the Center, having on them:
- Identity card;
- Prescription from their eye doctor;
- Proof that they are going to school or University + xerocopies
of the birth certificate of their brothers or sisters (for the young persons)
- OR -
- Proof that the person is unemployed (for medium aged
persons) - OR -
- Pension coupon (for old persons)."
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